1938 United States Senate election in Washington

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1938 United States Senate election in Washington
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  1932 November 8, 1938 1944  
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Nominee Homer Bone Ewing D. Colvin
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote371,535220,204
Percentage62.62%37.12%

1938 United States Senate election in Washington results map by county.svg
Results by county
Bone:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Colvin:     50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Homer Bone
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Homer Bone
Democratic

The 1938 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Homer Bone was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican Ewing D. Colvin.

Contents

Blanket primary

The blanket primary was held on September 13, 1938.

Candidates

Democratic

  • Homer Bone, incumbent senator since 1933
  • Otto A. Case, former state treasurer (1933–37) and candidate for governor in 1936

Republican

  • Ewing D. Colvin
  • Howard E. Foster
  • Frank M. Goodwin, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1934

Results

Blanket primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Homer Bone (incumbent) 243,682 55.31%
Republican Ewing D. Colvin 101,364 23.01%
Democratic Otto A. Case59,26413.45%
Republican Frank M. Goodwin20,6914.70%
Republican Howard E. Foster15,5573.53%
Total votes440,558 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

1938 United States Senate election in Washington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Homer Bone (incumbent) 371,535 62.62%
Republican Ewing D. Colvin220,20437.12%
Socialist Labor Eugene V. Solie1,5530.26%
Total votes593,292 100.00%
Democratic hold

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References

  1. "1938 Washington Senate blanket primary" . Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  2. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (March 1, 1939). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1938" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.