1932 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 1932 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932. It saw the election of Democrat Thomas Donavan, who defeated incumbent Republican liuetenant governor Fred E. Sterling.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on April 12, 1932.

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas F. Donovan	378,325	58.02
	Democratic	Thomas O'Connor	138,249	21.20
	Democratic	Jay J. McCarthy	62,570	9.60
	Democratic	Wallace G. McCauley	39,001	5.98
	Democratic	Neil J. O'Hanley	33,859	5.19
Total votes			652,004	100.00

Edward C. Longfellow
Theodore D. Smith, unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in 1928
Fred E. Sterling, incumbent lieutenant governor
Guy M. Talcott
James C. White
Abraham Lincoln Wisler, unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 1930

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred E. Sterling (incumbent)	708,932	70.84
	Republican	Theodore D. Smith	91,451	9.14
	Republican	Edward C. Longfellow	68,128	6.81
	Republican	James C. White	62,544	6.25
	Republican	Abraham Lincoln Wisler	37,076	3.70
	Republican	Guy M. Talcott	32,682	3.27
Total votes			1,000,813	100.00

1932 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas F. Donovan	1,686,265	52.95%
	Republican	Fred E. Sterling (incumbent)	1,444,133	45.35%
	Socialist	Meyer Halushka	38,163	1.20%
	Communist	Arthur Herchy	13,012	0.41%
	Socialist Labor	Frank Schnur	3,077	0.10%
		Scattering	2	0.00%
Majority			242,132	7.60%
Turnout			3,184,652	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing