1932 United States Senate election in Washington

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1932 United States Senate election in Washington
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  1926 November 8, 1932 1938  
  Homer Bone.jpg JONES, WESLEY L., SENATOR LCCN2016861943.jpg
Nominee Homer Bone Wesley L. Jones
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote371,535220,204
Percentage60.61%32.70%

1932 United States Senate election in Washington results map by county.svg
Results by county
Bone:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Wesley Livsey Jones
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Homer Bone [lower-alpha 1]
Democratic

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.

Contents

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

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

1932 U.S. Senate blanket primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Wesley Livsey Jones (incumbent) 118,249 31.40%
Democratic Homer Bone 98,094 26.04%
Republican Adam Beeler 78,96620.97%
Democratic Stephen J. Chadwick 47,81712.70%
Democratic Lloyd Black 20,6235.48%
Democratic Edwin J. Brown 12,8983.42%
Total votes376,647 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

1932 United States Senate election in Washington [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Homer Bone 365,939 60.61% Increase2.svg14.09
Republican Wesley Livsey Jones (incumbent)197,45032.70%Decrease2.svg18.61
Liberty Frederick R. Burch28,8594.78%N/A
Socialist Andrew T. Hunter9,3641.55%N/A
Communist Alex Noral2,1830.36%N/A
Total votes603,795 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

See also

Notes

  1. 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.

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References

  1. 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.
  2. "1932 Washington Senate blanket primary" . Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  3. 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.