1932 United States Senate election in Washington
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The 1932 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Wesley Livsey Jones ran for a fifth term in office, but was defeated by former State Representative Homer Bone.
Bone defeated Jones in a landslide. The percentage margin of 27.9 points may be the largest for any incumbent major-party nominee in Senate history.[1] Jones died on November 19, less than two weeks after the election.
Blanket primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Democratic
[edit]- Lloyd Black, former Snohomish County prosecutor
- Homer Bone, former Farmer-Labor State Representative from Tacoma
- Edwin J. Brown, former mayor of Seattle (1922–1926)
- Stephen J. Chadwick, former Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
Republican
[edit]- Adam Beeler, Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
- Wesley Livsey Jones, incumbent Senator since 1909
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Wesley Livsey Jones (incumbent) | 118,249 | 31.40% | |
| Democratic | Homer Bone | 98,094 | 26.04% | |
| Republican | Adam Beeler | 78,966 | 20.97% | |
| Democratic | Stephen J. Chadwick | 47,817 | 12.70% | |
| Democratic | Lloyd Black | 20,623 | 5.48% | |
| Democratic | Edwin J. Brown | 12,898 | 3.42% | |
| Total votes | 376,647 | 100.00% | ||
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Homer Bone, former State Representative from Tacoma (Democratic)
- Frederick R. Burch (Liberty)
- Andrew T. Hunter (Socialist)
- Wesley Livsey Jones, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1908 (Republican)
- Alex Noral (Communist)
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Homer Bone | 365,939 | 60.61% |  14.09
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| Republican | Wesley Livsey Jones (incumbent) | 197,450 | 32.70% |  18.61
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| Liberty | Frederick R. Burch | 28,859 | 4.78% | N/A | |
| Socialist | Andrew T. Hunter | 9,364 | 1.55% | N/A | |
| Communist | Alex Noral | 2,183 | 0.36% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 603,795 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Though Bone became senator-elect after the election, Jones's death left a vacancy which was filled by Elijah Sherman Grammer until Bone's term began in March.
References
[edit]- ^ Jarman, David (May 5, 2020). "The biggest loss was Jacob Javits in 1980 in NY, who got only 11%, but that was only on the Liberal Party line in a 3-way race after losing GOP primary to Al D'Amato. Biggest 'normal' loss, afaik, was WA-Sen in 1932, when Homer Bone boned pro-Prohibition Wesley Jones by 29 pts". @DavidLJarman. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ "1932 Washington Senate blanket primary". Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (March 1, 1933). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
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