1934 New Jersey gubernatorial election

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1934 New Jersey gubernatorial election
← 1931 November 6, 1934 1937 →
  Harold G. Hoffman (New Jersey Governor).jpg No image.svg
Nominee Harold G. Hoffman William L. Dill
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 686,530 674,096
Percentage 49.9% 49.0%
1934 New Jersey gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Hoffman:      50-60%      60–70%
Dill:      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

Horace Griggs Prall (acting)
Republican

Elected Governor

Harold G. Hoffman
Republican

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The 1934 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934. Republican nominee Harold G. Hoffman narrowly defeated Democratic nominee William L. Dill with 49.90% of the vote.

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

  • Robert Carey[1]
  • Harold G. Hoffman, former U.S. Representative from South Amboy[1]
  • Emerson Lewis Richards, State Senator from Atlantic County since 1923[1]
  • Joseph G. Wolber, State Senator[2] from Essex County since 1927[1]

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

General election[]

Candidates[]

  • George E. Bopp, Socialist Labor
  • Morris M. Brown, Communist
  • William L. Dill, Democratic
  • Cornell J. Grossman, Independent
  • Harold G. Hoffman, Republican
  • Charles H. Ingersoll, Independent
  • Leslie E. Molineaux, Prohibition
  • Herman F. Niessner, Socialist

Results[]

New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1934[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Harold G. Hoffman 686,530 49.90%
Democratic William L. Dill 674,096 49.00%
Socialist Herman F. Niessner 8,787 0.64%
Communist Morris M. Brown 2,874 0.21%
Prohibition Leslie E. Molineaux 1,508 0.11%
Socialist Labor George E. Bopp 1,064 0.08%
Independent Charles Henry Ingersoll 528 0.04%
Independent Cornell J. Grossman 431 0.03%
Majority
Turnout
Republican hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1934-primary-election.pdf
  2. ^ "REALTY TAX RELIEF HELD A 'NECESSITY'; State Senator Wolber of New Jersey Urges Taxpayers to Unite on Plans. NEW LEVIES CONSIDERED Real Property Is Shown to Bear 86 Per Cent of the State's Revenue Burden". The New York Times. 4 Sep 1932. Retrieved 14 Aug 2021.
  3. ^ "McCampbell Decides The Senate Needs Him". The New York Times. 24 Dec 1937. Retrieved 14 Aug 2021.
  4. ^ "Votes Cast for the Office of Governor of the State of New Jersey" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1934. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
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