The 1932 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932. Democratic nominee John C. B. Ehringhaus defeated Republican nominee Clifford C. Frazier with 70.07% of the vote. At the time, Ehringhaus was an attorney and former state legislator; Frazier was an attorney, based in Greensboro.[1]
The result was a landslide victory for Ehringhaus, coming as the state, and the nation, elected Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt as president. Ehringhaus won "the largest majority accorded a Democratic nominee [for Governor of North Carolina] up to that time."[3]