1934 Maryland gubernatorial election
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.Republican primary
Candidates
- 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
General election
Candidates
- Bernard Ades, criminal defense attorney
- Harry B. Galantian
- William A. Gillespe
- Broadus Mitchell, Johns Hopkins University economics professor
- Harry Nice, former Judge of the Appeals Tax Court of Baltimore City and nominee for Governor in 1919
- Albert Ritchie, incumbent Governor since 1920