1934 California gubernatorial election

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The 1934 California gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934. Incumbent governor Frank Merriam was elected to a full term in office over Upton Sinclair and Raymond L. Haight. Held in the midst of the Great Depression, the 1934 election was amongst the most controversial in the state's political history. Much of the campaign's emphasis was directed at Sinclair's End Poverty in California movement, proposing interventionist reforms to cure the state's ailing economy. Merriam, who had recently assumed the governorship following the death of James Rolph, characterized Sinclair's proposal as a step towards communism. Merriam had succeeded to the office upon the death of James Rolph on June 2. He won the Republican nomination for a full term in the primary over former governor C. C. Young, Los Angeles County supervisor John R. Quinn, and attorney Raymond L. Haight. Merriam also won the endorsement of the Prohibition Party as a write-in candidate, while Haight was nominated by the Commonwealth...

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