1936 Utah gubernatorial election

1936 Utah gubernatorial election

← 1932 November 3, 1936 1940 →

Nominee Henry H. Blood Ray E. Dillman Harman W. Peery Party Democratic Republican Independent-Progressive Popular vote 109,656 80,118 24,754 Percentage 50.95% 37.22% 11.50%

County results Blood:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Dillman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election Henry H. Blood Democratic Elected Governor Henry H. Blood Democratic

The 1936 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1936. Incumbent Democrat Henry H. Blood defeated Republican nominee Ray E. Dillman with 50.95% of the vote.

Major party candidates

• Henry H. Blood, Democratic
• Ray E. Dillman, Republican

Other candidates

• Harman W. Peery, Progressive-Independent
• A. L. Porter, Socialist
• Wallace Talbot, Communist

1936 Utah gubernatorial election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry H. Blood (incumbent)	109,656	50.95%	−5.45%
	Republican	Ray E. Dillman	80,118	37.22%	−4.53%
	Progressive-Independent	Harman W. Peery	24,754	11.50%
	Socialist	A. L. Porter	470	0.22%	−1.14%
	Communist	Wallace Talbot	230	0.11%	−0.38%
Total votes			215,228	100.00%
Majority			29,538	13.72%
	Democratic hold		Swing	-0.91%

County[1]	Henry H. Blood Demcoratic		Ray E. Dillman Republican		Harman W. Peery Progressive		A. L. Porter Socialist		Wallace Talbot Communist		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Beaver	1,082	48.11%	1,077	47.89%	50	2.22%	40	1.78%	0	0.00%	5	0.22%	2,249
Box Elder	3,680	51.20%	2,808	39.07%	677	9.42%	20	0.28%	3	0.04%	872	12.13%	7,188
Cache	6,871	57.77%	4,164	35.01%	844	7.10%	13	0.11%	1	0.01%	2,707	22.76%	11,893
Carbon	3,639	56.37%	2,142	33.18%	612	9.48%	34	0.53%	28	0.43%	1,497	23.19%	6,455
Daggett	127	60.48%	83	39.52%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	44	20.95%	210
Davis	3,285	56.15%	2,061	35.23%	498	8.51%	5	0.09%	1	0.02%	1,224	20.92%	5,850
Duchesne	1,362	45.02%	1,569	51.87%	87	2.88%	7	0.23%	0	0.00%	-207	-6.84%	3,025
Emery	1,360	47.59%	1,273	44.54%	212	7.42%	13	0.45%	0	0.00%	87	3.04%	2,858
Garfield	802	45.36%	940	53.17%	26	1.47%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-138	-7.81%	1,768
Grand	498	61.63%	274	33.91%	31	3.84%	5	0.62%	0	0.00%	224	27.72%	808
Iron	1,598	48.78%	1,498	45.73%	141	4.30%	38	1.16%	1	0.03%	100	3.05%	3,276
Juab	1,661	49.88%	1,401	42.07%	255	7.66%	11	0.33%	2	0.06%	260	7.81%	3,330
Kane	325	36.11%	561	62.33%	11	1.22%	3	0.33%	0	0.00%	-236	-26.22%	900
Millard	1,855	48.60%	1,883	49.33%	70	1.83%	9	0.24%	0	0.00%	-28	-0.73%	3,817
Morgan	482	39.51%	619	50.74%	118	9.67%	1	0.08%	0	0.00%	-137	-11.23%	1,220
Piute	460	48.83%	459	48.73%	21	2.23%	2	0.21%	0	0.00%	1	0.11%	942
Rich	441	50.40%	414	47.31%	20	2.29%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	27	3.09%	875
Salt Lake	47,912	55.55%	29,024	33.65%	9,055	10.50%	111	0.13%	144	0.17%	18,888	21.90%	86,246
San Juan	493	51.89%	447	47.05%	6	0.63%	2	0.21%	2	0.21%	46	4.84%	950
Sanpete	3,070	45.82%	3,294	49.16%	322	4.81%	13	0.19%	1	0.01%	-224	-3.34%	6,700
Sevier	1,942	40.90%	2,521	53.10%	259	5.45%	16	0.34%	10	0.21%	-579	-12.19%	4,748
Summit	1,657	44.10%	1,733	46.13%	357	9.50%	6	0.16%	4	0.11%	-76	-2.02%	3,757
Tooele	1,747	53.21%	1,169	35.61%	353	10.75%	12	0.37%	2	0.06%	578	17.61%	3,283
Uintah	1,365	41.76%	1,822	55.74%	73	2.23%	8	0.24%	1	0.03%	-457	-13.98%	3,269
Utah	9,861	47.95%	8,524	41.45%	2,108	10.25%	57	0.28%	17	0.08%	1,337	6.50%	20,567
Wasatch	901	38.77%	1,369	58.91%	52	2.24%	2	0.09%	0	0.00%	-468	-20.14%	2,324
Washington	1,618	51.50%	1,466	46.66%	54	1.72%	4	0.13%	0	0.00%	152	4.84%	3,142
Wayne	450	52.63%	397	46.43%	7	0.82%	1	0.12%	0	0.00%	53	6.20%	855
Weber	9,112	40.10%	5,126	22.56%	8,435	37.12%	37	0.16%	13	0.06%	677[a]	2.98%	22,723
Total	109,656	50.95%	80,118	37.22%	24,754	11.50%	470	0.22%	230	0.11%	29,538	13.72%	215,228

• Beaver
• Daggett
• Emery
• Iron
• Piute
• Rich
• Washington
• Wayne

• Duchesne
• Summit
• Uintah