1936 Georgia gubernatorial election

1936 Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary

← 1934 September 9, 1936 1938 →

410 county unit votes
206 unit votes needed to win
 
Nominee Eurith D. Rivers Charles D. Redwine Blanton Fortson
Party Democratic Democratic Democratic
Electoral vote 372 30 8
Popular vote 233,503 123,095 32,715
Percentage 59.98% 31.62% 8.40%

County results
Rivers:      30-40%      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%
Redwine:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%
Fortson:      40-50%      80-90%

Governor before election

Eugene Talmadge
Democratic

Elected Governor

Eurith D. Rivers
Democratic

The 1936 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1936, in order to elect the governor of Georgia.

Incumbent Democratic governor Eugene Talmadge was term-limited, and would become eligible to run for a third term only after spending four years out of office (thus in 1940).[1] Talmadge instead ran for the U.S. Senate.

As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate ran with only token opposition in the general election so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election.

  1. ^ "1877 Georgia constitution, Article V, Section I, Paragraph II" (PDF). Georgia State Archive. The Executive power shall be vested in a Governor, who shall hold his office during the term of two years, and until his successor shall be chosen and qualified. He shall not be eligible to re-election, after the expiration of a second term, for the period of four years.