1936 Georgia gubernatorial election
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The 1936 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1936, in order to elect the governor of Georgia.
Incumbent Democratic governor Eugene Talmadge was term-limited, and would become eligible to run for a third term only after spending four years out of office (thus in 1940). Talmadge instead ran for the U.S. Senate.
As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate ran with only token opposition in the general election so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election. Despite the token opposition from Prohibition nominee L.P. Glass, this was the first gubernatorial election to have a non-Democrat on the ballot since the 1912 special election.