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The 1932 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932. Democratic nominee Clarence D. Martin defeated Republican nominee John Arthur Gellatly with 57.29% of the vote.
Martin was the first Democrat elected governor of Washington with an absolute majority. He was also the first Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Washington to ever win Pacific County and San Juan County and the first since 1892 to win Jefferson County. Additionally, Clallam County, Clark County, Kitsap County, Thurston County, Wahkiakum County, and Whatcom County voted Democratic for the first time since 1896. [lower-alpha 1]
Primary elections were held on September 13, 1932. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Clarence D. Martin | 67,168 | 36.32% | |
Democratic | William Harrison Pemberton | 57,124 | 30.89% | |
Democratic | Lewis B. Schwellenbach | 55,094 | 29.79% | |
Democratic | Frank R. Nicholas | 5,557 | 3.00% | |
Total votes | 184,943 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Arthur Gellatly | 119,015 | 54.52% | |
Republican | Roland H. Hartley (incumbent) | 68,718 | 31.48% | |
Republican | M. G. Tennent | 18,393 | 8.43% | |
Republican | Dell W. Thomas | 7,439 | 3.41% | |
Republican | Glen S. Corkery | 4,723 | 2.16% | |
Total votes | 218,288 | 100.00% |
Major party candidates
Other candidates
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Clarence D. Martin | 352,215 | 57.29% | +14.57% | |
Republican | John Arthur Gellatly | 207,497 | 33.75% | −22.46% | |
Liberty | Luvern Clyde Hicks | 41,710 | 6.78% | ||
Socialist | John F. McKay | 9,987 | 1.62% | +1.37% | |
Communist | Fred E. Walker | 2,532 | 0.41% | +0.27% | |
Socialist Labor | Edward Kriz | 449 | 0.07% | −0.60% | |
Independent | Maslen Meade | 378 | 0.06% | ||
Majority | 144,718 | 23.54% | |||
Total votes | 614,768 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | +37.03% |
County [3] | Clarence D. Martin Democratic | John A. Gellatly Republican | L. C. Hicks Liberty | John F. McKay Socialist | All Others Various | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 1,811 | 74.34% | 613 | 25.16% | 4 | 0.16% | 7 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,198 | 49.18% | 2,436 |
Asotin | 2,147 | 70.37% | 867 | 28.42% | 13 | 0.43% | 21 | 0.69% | 3 | 0.10% | 1,280 | 41.95% | 3,051 |
Benton | 2,978 | 64.61% | 1,492 | 32.37% | 112 | 2.43% | 23 | 0.50% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,486 | 32.24% | 4,609 |
Chelan | 6,467 | 45.87% | 6,673 | 47.33% | 910 | 6.45% | 34 | 0.24% | 14 | 0.10% | -206 | -1.46% | 14,098 |
Clallam | 3,612 | 47.87% | 2,058 | 27.27% | 1,798 | 23.83% | 27 | 0.36% | 51 | 0.68% | 1,554 | 20.59% | 7,546 |
Clark | 8,615 | 56.99% | 5,291 | 35.00% | 1,040 | 6.88% | 125 | 0.83% | 45 | 0.30% | 3,324 | 21.99% | 15,116 |
Columbia | 1,489 | 64.18% | 797 | 34.35% | 11 | 0.47% | 23 | 0.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 692 | 29.83% | 2,320 |
Cowlitz | 3,858 | 34.77% | 3,404 | 30.67% | 3,754 | 33.83% | 44 | 0.40% | 37 | 0.33% | 104 [lower-alpha 2] | 0.94% | 11,097 |
Douglas | 1,822 | 53.68% | 1,391 | 40.98% | 150 | 4.42% | 26 | 0.77% | 5 | 0.15% | 431 | 12.70% | 3,394 |
Ferry | 1,087 | 74.20% | 333 | 22.73% | 27 | 1.84% | 15 | 1.02% | 3 | 0.20% | 754 | 51.47% | 1,465 |
Franklin | 1,715 | 68.82% | 742 | 29.78% | 8 | 0.32% | 18 | 0.72% | 9 | 0.36% | 973 | 39.04% | 2,492 |
Garfield | 869 | 58.01% | 559 | 37.32% | 66 | 4.41% | 2 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.13% | 310 | 20.69% | 1,498 |
Grant | 1,505 | 61.93% | 776 | 31.93% | 129 | 5.31% | 17 | 0.70% | 3 | 0.12% | 729 | 30.00% | 2,430 |
Grays Harbor | 9,010 | 48.62% | 5,100 | 27.52% | 4,141 | 22.35% | 41 | 0.22% | 238 | 1.28% | 3,910 | 21.10% | 18,530 |
Island | 1,551 | 57.94% | 811 | 30.30% | 280 | 10.46% | 25 | 0.93% | 10 | 0.37% | 740 | 27.64% | 2,677 |
Jefferson | 1,660 | 50.52% | 1,222 | 37.19% | 380 | 11.56% | 18 | 0.55% | 6 | 0.18% | 438 | 13.33% | 3,286 |
King | 104,156 | 56.92% | 68,629 | 37.50% | 4,905 | 2.68% | 4,347 | 2.38% | 960 | 0.52% | 35,527 | 19.41% | 182,997 |
Kitsap | 9,538 | 67.33% | 4,083 | 28.82% | 377 | 2.66% | 119 | 0.84% | 49 | 0.35% | 5,455 | 38.51% | 14,166 |
Kittitas | 4,293 | 63.74% | 1,952 | 28.98% | 340 | 5.05% | 108 | 1.60% | 42 | 0.62% | 2,341 | 34.76% | 6,735 |
Klickitat | 1,937 | 52.76% | 1,642 | 44.73% | 24 | 0.65% | 37 | 1.01% | 31 | 0.84% | 295 | 8.04% | 3,671 |
Lewis | 7,728 | 48.82% | 4,644 | 29.34% | 3,380 | 21.35% | 26 | 0.16% | 52 | 0.33% | 3,084 | 19.48% | 15,830 |
Lincoln | 3,094 | 66.81% | 1,485 | 32.07% | 17 | 0.37% | 34 | 0.73% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,609 | 34.74% | 4,631 |
Mason | 2,023 | 51.87% | 1,018 | 26.10% | 843 | 21.62% | 11 | 0.28% | 5 | 0.13% | 1,005 | 25.77% | 3,900 |
Okanogan | 3,763 | 53.42% | 2,688 | 38.16% | 541 | 7.68% | 46 | 0.65% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,075 | 15.26% | 7,044 |
Pacific | 2,815 | 49.68% | 1,941 | 34.26% | 832 | 14.68% | 21 | 0.37% | 57 | 1.01% | 874 | 15.43% | 5,666 |
Pend Oreille | 2,017 | 72.95% | 674 | 24.38% | 8 | 0.29% | 59 | 2.13% | 7 | 0.25% | 1,343 | 48.57% | 2,765 |
Pierce | 35,693 | 55.00% | 20,244 | 31.19% | 7,656 | 11.80% | 1,030 | 1.59% | 273 | 0.42% | 15,449 | 23.81% | 64,896 |
San Juan | 694 | 47.37% | 689 | 47.03% | 74 | 5.05% | 6 | 0.41% | 2 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.34% | 1,465 |
Skagit | 8,012 | 57.52% | 4,784 | 34.35% | 621 | 4.46% | 74 | 0.53% | 437 | 3.14% | 3,228 | 23.18% | 13,928 |
Skamania | 651 | 44.87% | 762 | 52.52% | 20 | 1.38% | 13 | 0.90% | 5 | 0.34% | -111 | -7.65% | 1,451 |
Snohomish | 17,818 | 57.45% | 9,928 | 32.01% | 2,212 | 7.13% | 876 | 2.82% | 182 | 0.59% | 7,890 | 25.44% | 31,016 |
Spokane | 45,993 | 70.45% | 17,219 | 26.38% | 266 | 0.41% | 1,617 | 2.48% | 187 | 0.29% | 28,774 | 44.08% | 65,282 |
Stevens | 4,853 | 68.83% | 1,898 | 26.92% | 88 | 1.25% | 186 | 2.64% | 26 | 0.37% | 2,955 | 41.91% | 7,051 |
Thurston | 5,312 | 38.38% | 4,172 | 30.14% | 4,202 | 30.36% | 30 | 0.22% | 124 | 0.90% | 1,110 [lower-alpha 2] | 8.02% | 13,840 |
Wahkiakum | 517 | 38.27% | 510 | 37.75% | 304 | 22.50% | 6 | 0.44% | 14 | 1.04% | 7 | 0.52% | 1,351 |
Walla Walla | 5,975 | 55.92% | 4,615 | 43.20% | 18 | 0.17% | 69 | 0.65% | 7 | 0.07% | 1,360 | 12.73% | 10,684 |
Whatcom | 11,201 | 50.05% | 9,675 | 43.23% | 552 | 2.47% | 566 | 2.53% | 386 | 1.72% | 1,526 | 6.82% | 22,380 |
Whitman | 7,303 | 66.12% | 3,626 | 32.83% | 12 | 0.11% | 97 | 0.88% | 7 | 0.06% | 3,677 | 33.29% | 11,045 |
Yakima | 16,633 | 61.77% | 8,490 | 31.53% | 1,595 | 5.92% | 143 | 0.53% | 68 | 0.25% | 8,143 | 30.24% | 26,929 |
Totals | 352,215 | 57.29% | 207,497 | 33.75% | 41,710 | 6.78% | 9,987 | 1.62% | 3,359 | 0.55% | 144,718 | 23.54% | 614,768 |
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