1932 Georgia gubernatorial election
Richard Russell Jr. Democratic Eugene Talmadge Democratic The 1932 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1932, in order to elect the governor of Georgia.Incumbent Democratic governor Richard Russell Jr. did not run for re-election to a second term, but instead ran for the U.S. Senate.As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate ran unopposed in the general election so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election.As Talmadge won a majority of county unit votes, there was no run-off.[1] The system was ostensibly designed to function similarly to the Electoral College, but in practice the large ratio of unit votes for small, rural counties to unit votes for more populous urban areas provided outsized political influence to the smaller counties.