1932 United States Senate election in Washington

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1932 United States Senate election in Washington
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  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%
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County results
Bone:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
U.S. senator before election

Wesley Livsey Jones
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Homer Bone [a]
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.

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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.

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.


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