In the 1932 gubernatorial special election, the Democratic candidate, Leslie A. Miller, won and ran for re-election for a full term in 1934.
Incumbent Secretary of State Alonzo M. Clark opted to run for Governor rather than seek re-election, creating an open seat.
Hunt defeated Miller by a wide margin, flipping control of the office to the Democratic Party for the first time since 1914.
[6] Casper City Treasurer Charles A. Cullen won the Republican primary and faced Democratic nominee J. Kirk Baldwin, the former state airport supervisor, and Communist Party nominee Don Wirth in the general election.
Incumbent Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Katharine A. Morton ran for re-election to a fifth term.