1952 United States Senate election in Washington

1952 United States Senate election in Washington

←  1946 November 4, 1952 1958  →

Nominee Henry M. Jackson Harry Cain Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 595,288 460,884 Percentage 56.23% 43.53%

County results Jackson:     50–60%     60–70% Cain:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. senator before election Harry Cain Republican Elected U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson Democratic

The United States Senate election in Washington of 1952 was held on November 4, 1952. Incumbent and highly-controversial Republican Harry Cain ran for a second term in office, but was defeated by Democratic U.S. Representative Henry M. Jackson. Jackson would come to serve 30 years as a United States Senator, and this would be his only election to the Senate in which he lost any of the state’s counties.

Blanket primary

Candidates

Democratic

• Henry M. Jackson, U.S. Representative from Everett

Republican

• Harry Cain, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1946
• Carl Viking Holman
• Ed F. Oldfield

Results

1952 U.S. Senate primary election in Washington ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry M. Jackson	326,341	48.84%
	Republican	Harry Cain (incumbent)	261,244	39.09%
	Republican	Carl Viking Holman	49,411	7.39%
	Republican	Ed F. Oldfield	31,243	4.68%
Total votes			668,239	100.00%

General election

Results

1952 U.S. Senate election in Washington ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry M. Jackson	595,288	56.23%	11.09
	Republican	Harry Cain (incumbent)	460,884	43.53%	10.81
	Progressive	Thomas C. Rabbitt	1,912	0.18%	N/A
	Socialist Labor	Henry M. Killman	651	0.06%	0.29
Total votes			1,058,735	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

See also

• 1952 United States Senate elections

References

1. "Elections Search Results - September 1952 Primary". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
2. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1952" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved April 3, 2021.