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1934 Alabama governor election

Bibb Graves (Democrat) beat Edmund H. Dryer (Republican) in Alabama in 1934, 86.9% to 12.7%, a margin of 74.3 points and 132,575 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1930, when Benjamin M. Miller won.

Democrats led in 65 of the 66 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Jefferson, cast 20,410 votes and went to the Democrat by 92.3 points. The closest was De Kalb, where 54 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bibb Graves won Democratic 155,196 86.9%
Edmund H. Dryer Republican 22,621 12.7%
All other candidates 712 0.4%
Total178,529

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 19,543 95.8% 695 3.4% 172 20,410 D+92.3
De Kalb 5,413 50.2% 5,359 49.7% 4 10,776 D+0.5
Walker 5,562 84.1% 1,011 15.3% 44 6,617 D+68.8
Montgomery 6,230 99.5% 20 0.3% 9 6,259 D+99.2
Cullman 3,824 63.5% 2,172 36.1% 23 6,019 D+27.4
Mobile 5,790 97.7% 97 1.6% 37 5,924 D+96.1
Franklin 3,322 60.1% 2,201 39.8% 9 5,532 D+20.3
Shelby 3,643 78.2% 1,011 21.7% 7 4,661 D+56.5
Chilton 2,744 60.3% 1,784 39.2% 26 4,554 D+21.1
St. Clair 2,673 60.6% 1,718 39.0% 17 4,408 D+21.7
Jackson 3,455 80.8% 725 17.0% 95 4,275 D+63.9
Marshall 3,522 87.1% 506 12.5% 14 4,042 D+74.6
Etowah 3,711 93.2% 239 6.0% 33 3,983 D+87.2
Marion 3,057 93.4% 210 6.4% 7 3,274 D+87.0
Madison 2,996 97.4% 51 1.7% 30 3,077 D+95.7
Clay 2,444 82.0% 532 17.8% 5 2,981 D+64.1
Houston 2,869 97.9% 33 1.1% 29 2,931 D+96.8
Blount 2,423 82.8% 492 16.8% 11 2,926 D+66.0
Morgan 2,816 97.5% 69 2.4% 3 2,888 D+95.1
Randolph 2,402 86.1% 383 13.7% 4 2,789 D+72.4
Fayette 2,272 84.2% 418 15.5% 8 2,698 D+68.7
Winston 1,234 46.1% 1,439 53.8% 4 2,677 R+7.7
Elmore 2,529 99.6% 9 0.4% 2,538 D+99.3
Tuscaloosa 2,443 99.1% 15 0.6% 7 2,465 D+98.5
Escambia 2,393 99.8% 3 0.1% 2 2,398 D+99.7
Cleburne 1,675 72.9% 622 27.1% 2 2,299 D+45.8
Covington 2,259 99.3% 13 0.6% 4 2,276 D+98.7
Cherokee 2,128 96.3% 73 3.3% 9 2,210 D+93.0
Talladega 2,106 96.7% 70 3.2% 1 2,177 D+93.5
Calhoun 2,074 96.2% 72 3.3% 11 2,157 D+92.8
Tallapoosa 2,039 98.8% 24 1.2% 2,063 D+97.7
Russell 2,039 99.4% 8 0.4% 4 2,051 D+99.0
Lauderdale 1,779 96.4% 54 2.9% 13 1,846 D+93.4
Geneva 1,669 97.5% 41 2.4% 1 1,711 D+95.1
Monroe 1,694 99.8% 3 0.2% 1,697 D+99.6
Chambers 1,628 99.7% 4 0.2% 1 1,633 D+99.4
Lamar 1,559 96.6% 55 3.4% 1,614 D+93.2
Baldwin 1,473 94.3% 64 4.1% 25 1,562 D+90.2
Pike 1,484 99.5% 7 0.5% 1 1,492 D+99.0
Henry 1,486 99.7% 4 0.3% 1,490 D+99.5
Colbert 1,406 96.4% 49 3.4% 3 1,458 D+93.1
Butler 1,424 99.6% 4 0.3% 2 1,430 D+99.3
Crenshaw 1,413 99.7% 4 0.3% 1,417 D+99.4
Limestone 1,381 99.4% 6 0.4% 2 1,389 D+99.0
Dallas 1,380 99.8% 3 0.2% 1,383 D+99.6
Conecuh 1,332 99.9% 2 0.1% 1,334 D+99.7
Barbour 1,287 99.6% 5 0.4% 1,292 D+99.2
Clarke 1,285 99.8% 2 0.2% 1,287 D+99.7
Coffee 1,264 99.1% 10 0.8% 2 1,276 D+98.3
Lawrence 1,117 91.1% 100 8.2% 9 1,226 D+83.0
Coosa 1,158 94.8% 57 4.7% 7 1,222 D+90.1
Dale 1,172 97.7% 25 2.1% 3 1,200 D+95.6
Marengo 1,183 99.9% 1 0.1% 1,184 D+99.8
Choctaw 1,133 99.7% 2 0.2% 1 1,136 D+99.6
Hale 1,105 99.5% 5 0.5% 1,110 D+99.1
Lee 1,096 99.5% 5 0.5% 1 1,102 D+99.0
Washington 1,097 99.6% 1 0.1% 3 1,101 D+99.5
Bibb 1,074 99.3% 4 0.4% 4 1,082 D+98.9
Wilcox 1,018 99.6% 4 0.4% 1,022 D+99.2
Pickens 980 98.4% 14 1.4% 2 996 D+97.0
Lowndes 877 99.7% 3 0.3% 880 D+99.3
Perry 867 99.8% 2 0.2% 869 D+99.5
Sumter 831 99.8% 2 0.2% 833 D+99.5
Macon 716 99.3% 4 0.6% 1 721 D+98.8
Bullock 680 99.9% 1 0.1% 681 D+99.7
Greene 518 100.0% 0 0.0% 518 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1934; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kay Ivey (R) R+37.8
2018 Kay Ivey (R) R+19.1
2014 Robert Bentley (R) R+27.3
2010 Robert Bentley (R) R+15.7
2006 Robert Riley (R) R+15.9
2002 Robert Riley (R) R+0.2
1998 Don Siegelman (D) D+15.6
1994 Fob James (R) R+0.9
1990 Guy Hunt (R) R+4.2
1986 Guy Hunt (R) R+12.9
1982 George C. Wallace (D) D+18.6
1978 Fob James (D) D+46.7
1974 George C. Wallace (D) D+68.4
1970 George Wallace (D) D+74.5
1966 Lurleen Burns Wallace (D) D+32.4
1962 George C. Wallace (D) D+96.3
1958 John Malcolm Patterson (D) D+76.8
1954 Jim Folsom (D) D+46.7
1950 Gordon Persons (D) D+82.2
1946 James E. Folsom (D) D+77.3
1942 Chauncey Sparks (D) D+78.4
1938 Frank M. Dixon (D) D+74.9
1934 Bibb Graves (D) D+74.3
1930 Benjamin M. Miller (D) D+61.8
1926 Bibb Graves (D) D+62.4
1922 William W. Brandon (D) D+56.3
1918 Thomas Kilby (D) D+80.2
1914 Charles Henderson (D) D+63.6
1910 Emmet O'Neal (D) D+60.4
1906 Braxton B. Comer (D) D+71.5
1902 William D. Jelks (D) D+47.4
1900 William J. Samford (D) D+53.6
1898 Joseph F. Johnston (D) D+65.1
1896 Joseph F. Johnston (D) D+59.0
1894 William C. Oates (D) D+57.1
1892 Thomas G. Jones (D) D+52.2
1890 Thomas G. Jones (D) D+53.1
1888 Thomas Seay (D) D+55.4
1886 Thomas Seay (D) D+59.3
1884 Edward A. O'Neal (D) D+99.7
1882 Edward A. O'Neal (D) D+37.4
1880 Rufus W. Cobb (D) D+76.1
1878 Rufus W. Cobb (D) D+100.0
1876 George S. Houston (D) D+31.6
1874 George S. Houston (D) D+6.6
1872 David P. Lewis (R) R+5.0
1870 Robert B. Lindsay (D) D+0.9
1868 William Hugh Smith (R) R+100.0
1865 Robert M. Patton (other)