The 1932 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Governor George W. P. Hunt sought the Democratic nomination but lost in the primary to Benjamin Baker Moeur. Moeur's pre-gubernatorial experience included serving as the Secretary of the Board of Education for Arizona State Teachers College, which later became Arizona State University.
Moeur defeated cattle rancher Jack Kinney in the general election and was sworn in as Arizona's fourth governor (excluding non-consecutive terms) on January 3, 1933.
Democratic primary
The Democratic primary took place on September 13, 1932. Incumbent Governor George W. P. Hunt, who was elected to his seventh (non-consecutive) term over then-incumbent Governor John Calhoun Phillips in 1930, was opposed in the primary by Benjamin Baker Moeur, who had served as Secretary of the Board of Education for Arizona State Teacher's College prior to running for the office of Governor, as well as Attorney General K. Berry Peterson, State Senator Fred Sutter, and Webster C. Reed.
Candidates
- George W. P. Hunt, incumbent Governor, former Ambassador to Siam
- Benjamin Baker Moeur, Secretary of the Board of Education
- K. Berry Peterson, Attorney General of Arizona
- Fred Sutter, State Senator
- Webster C. Reed
Republican primary
Candidates
- J. C. "Jack" Kinney, cattle rancher
- W. W. Midgley, rancher
- William Walton
General election
Results by county
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Maricopa
- Santa Cruz
- Yavapai
- Yuma