1916 Arizona gubernatorial election
Due to battles between labor and business,[1] the Hunt administration was facing severe electoral backlash.Some voters did that for the Democratic Party column, but then also checked for Republican challenger Thomas Campbell, [2] leading to a court battle over the interpretation of whether those votes were valid or not.All ballots that were marked as straight Democrat and Hunt, were originally counted for Campbell giving him the 30 vote majority.Thomas E. Campbell was sworn in as governor on January 1, 1917, but Hunt refused to leave office.The state Supreme Court ruled that Campbell should serve as the de facto governor until the legal issues were resolved and so Hunt stepped down on the 27th.