1932 Illinois gubernatorial election

The 1932 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932. Democratic nominee Henry Horner defeated Republican nominee and former Governor Len Small with 57.62% of the vote.

Incumbent first-term Republican Governor Louis Lincoln Emmerson did not run for re-election.

Primary elections
Primary elections were held on April 12, 1932.

Candidates

 * Joseph L. Burke
 * Bruce A. Campbell, former State Representative
 * R. S. Douglas
 * Leo Patrick Dwyer
 * Oliver Wendell Holmes
 * Henry Horner, judge
 * Michael L. Igoe, member of the board of South Park Commissioners
 * Andrew W. Sullivan

Candidates

 * Edward J. Brundage, former Attorney General of Illinois
 * Oscar E. Carlstrom, incumbent Attorney General of Illinois
 * Herbert E. Clayton
 * Omer N. Custer, former Treasurer of Illinois
 * J. Edward Jones
 * William H. Malone, former chairman of the Illinois Tax Commission
 * Willard A. Maxwell
 * Len Small, former Governor

Major candidates

 * Henry Horner, Democratic
 * Len Small, Republican

Minor candidates

 * Leondies McDonald, Communist
 * W. W. O'Brien, Independent
 * Roy E. Burt, Socialist, member of the board of education of the Methodist Episcopal Church
 * J. E. Procum, Socialist Labor, nominee for Governor in 1928