1918 Arizona gubernatorial election

1918 Arizona gubernatorial election

← 1916 November 4, 1918 1920 →
 
Nominee Thomas E. Campbell Fred T. Colter
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 25,927 25,588
Percentage 49.9% 49.3%

County results
Campbell:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Colter:      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

George W. P. Hunt
Democratic

Elected Governor

Thomas E. Campbell
Republican

The 1918 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1918, for the post of the Governor of Arizona. Thomas Campbell, who served a partial term in 1917 and had his election overturned by the Supreme Court of Arizona, returned to contest the Governors office. Incumbent Governor Hunt declined to run again after the stress of the close elections and the year-long court battle. Despite falling to its lowest percentage in years, the sole third party challenger held the difference between the two candidates. The Democratic challenger was state senator Fred T. Colter, a pro-Hunt Democrat.[1]

Thomas Campbell was sworn in for his first full term on January 6, 1919.

  1. ^ Goff 1973, p. 121.