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The 1934 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934. Republican nominee Frank Fitzgerald defeated Democratic nominee Arthur J. Lacy with 52.41% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Other candidates

  • Arthur E. Larsen, Socialist
  • John Anderson, Communism
  • Donald D. Alderdyce, Farmer–Labor Party
  • Robert Fraser, Socialist Labor
  • Lincoln E. Buell, Commonwealth
  • Robert R. Pointer, People's Progressive
  • Ann L. Medow, National
  • Edward N. Lee, American

Results

Michigan gubernatorial election, 1934[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Fitzgerald 659,743 52.41
Democratic Arthur J. Lacy 577,044 45.84
Socialist Arthur E. Larsen 12,002 0.95
Communist John Anderson 5,734 0.46
Farmer–Labor Donald D. Alderdyce 2,105 0.17
Socialist Labor Robert Fraser 1,040 0.08
Commonwealth Lincoln E. Buell 800 0.06
People's Progressive Robert R. Pointer 198 0.02
National Ann L. Medow 164 0.01
American Edward N. Lee 95 0.01
Total votes 1,258,925 100
Republican gain from Democratic

Primaries

Republican primary

Michigan gubernatorial Republican primary, 1934[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Fitzgerald 315,827 63.74
Republican Alex J. Groesbeck 151,544 30.59
Republican John W. Smith 18,734 3.78
Republican Orla A. Bailey 9,361 1.89
Total votes 495,466 100.00

Democratic primary

Michigan gubernatorial Democratic primary, 1934[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Arthur J. Lacy 121,363 45.83
Democratic William Comstock (incumbent) 111,314 42.04
Democratic John K. Stack Jr. 32,135 12.14
Total votes 264,812 100.00

References

  1. ^ Michigan Secretary of State (1935). Michigan manual. 1935-46. pp. 248–249 – via HathiTrust.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - MI Governor - R Primary Race - Sept 11, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - MI Governor - D Primary Race - Sept 11, 1934". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 8, 2019.