1962 Georgia gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1962 Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary Georgia (U.S. state) presidential no 1958 Georgia gubernatorial election 1958 1966 Georgia gubernatorial election 1966 September 12, 1962 1956 File:Carl Sanders.jpg 150x150px Carl Sanders Democratic Party (United States) 494,978 58.07% File:Marvingriffin (cropped).gif Marvin Griffin Democratic Party (United States) 332,746 39.04% 1962 Georgia gubernatorial Democratic primary election results map by county.svg 240px County resultsSanders: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Griffin: #e9ddaf 40–50% #d3bc5f 50–60% #c8ab37 60–70% #a0892c 70–80% #786721 80–90% Governor Ernest Vandiver Democratic Party (United States) Carl Sanders Democratic Party (United States) The 1962 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1962. Carl Sanders won the Democratic primary on September 12 with 58.07% of the vote, defeating former governor Marvin Griffin. At this time, Georgia was a one-party state, and the Democratic nomination was tantamount to victory. Sanders won the November general election without an opponent, the most recent such gubernatorial election in the United States. This election was notable for a number of reasons. First, it was the last Georgia gubernatorial election to date where the Republican Party did not field a candidate. Second, the primary election was the first that took place under a winner-take-all system, as the previously used County Unit System had been struck down by the US Supreme Court in Gray v. Sanders.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1381 New Georgia Encyclopedia: County Unit System 2013-01-07 2012-12-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20121218123722/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1381 dead Finally, upon election, Carl Sanders became the youngest governor of a state at the time (aged 37) and the first governor from an urban area since the 1920s.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-673 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Carl Sanders (B. 1925) 2013-01-07 2012-09-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20120925190026/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-673 dead He beat former governor Marvin Griffin in the Democratic primary. Democratic primary Candidates Marvin Griffin, former governor of Georgia (1955–59) Cecil L. Langham Hoke O'Kelley, perennial candidate Carl Sanders, state senator from Augusta and President pro tempore of the Georgia Senate Grace Wilkey Thomas, candidate for governor in 1954 and desegregationisthttps://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1987-02-05-0100420297-story.html Top Orlando News, Weather, Sports, Entertainment 5 February 1987 Results Carl Sanders 494978 Marvin Griffin 332746 Grace Wilkey Thomas 12579 Hoke O'Kelley 8728 Cecil L. Langham 3319 State of Georgia Virginia W. Atwell Georgia's Official Register, 1961–1962 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/statreg-images/pdfs/1961.pdf#page=1443 August 17, 2013 Longino & Porter Atlanta, Georgia Hapeville, Georgia 1436 Consolidated Vote, State Democratic Primary, Held September 12, 1962 Endorsements Carl Sanders ;Individuals J. B. Fuqua, state senatorCook James F. Carl Sanders: Spokesman of the New South Mercer University Press 1993 89 0-86554-433-6 General election results 1962 Georgia gubernatorial electionhttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261824 Our Campaigns - GA Governor Race - Nov 06, 1962 Democratic Party (United States) Carl Sanders 311,524 99.95% 0.05 N/A write-ins 167 0.05% 0.05 311,691 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) References 1962 Gubernatorial Georgia Category:November 1962 in the United States Category:Single-candidate gubernatorial elections in Georgia Category:September 1962 in the United States