1936 Arizona gubernatorial election

1936 Arizona gubernatorial election

← 1934 November 3, 1936 1938 →
 
Nominee Rawghlie Clement Stanford Thomas Edward Campbell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 87,678 36,114
Percentage 70.68% 29.11%

County results
Stanford:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Governor before election

Benjamin Baker Moeur
Democratic

Elected Governor

Rawghlie Clement Stanford
Democratic

The 1936 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1936. Incumbent Governor Benjamin Baker Moeur ran for reelection, but he was defeated in the Democratic primary by former judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court Rawghlie Clement Stanford.

Rawghlie Clement Stanford defeated former Governor Thomas Edward Campbell by more than 40 points in the general election, and was sworn into his first and only term as governor on January 4, 1937, becoming Arizona's fifth governor.