1934 Maryland gubernatorial election

1934 Maryland gubernatorial election
	County results; Nice: 50–60% 60–70%; Ritchie: 40–50% 50–60%
Governor before election; Albert Ritchie; Democratic	Elected Governor ; Harry Nice; Republican

The 1934 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934. Republican nominee Harry Nice defeated Democratic incumbent Albert Ritchie with 49.52% of the vote in a rematch of the 1919 election.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on September 8, 1934.^[1]

Harry Nice, former Judge of the Appeals Tax Court of Baltimore City and nominee for Governor in 1919
Phillips Lee Goldsborough, incumbent United States Senator
H. Webster Smith

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Nice	55,157	52.91
	Republican	Phillips Lee Goldsborough	31,012	29.75
	Republican	H. Webster Smith	18,073	17.34
Total votes			104,242	100.00

Bernard Ades, criminal defense attorney (Communist)
Harry B. Galantian (Independent)
William A. Gillespe (Independent)
Broadus Mitchell, Johns Hopkins University economics professor (Socialist)
Harry Nice, former Judge of the Appeals Tax Court of Baltimore City and nominee for Governor in 1919 (Republican)
Albert Ritchie, incumbent Governor since 1920 (Democratic)

1934 Maryland gubernatorial election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harry Nice	253,813	49.52%
	Democratic	Albert Ritchie (incumbent)	247,664	48.32%
	Socialist	Broadus Mitchell	6,773	1.32%
	Independent	William A. Gillespe	2,831	0.55%
	Communist	Bernard Ades	776	0.15%
	Independent	Harry B. Galantian	719	0.14%
Majority			6,149
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

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