1962 United States Senate election in Washington

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1962 United States Senate election in Washington
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  1956 November 6, 1962 1968  
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Nominee Warren Magnuson Richard G. Christensen
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote491,365446,204
Percentage52.09%47.31%

1962 United States Senate election in Washington results map by county.svg
County results
Magnuson:     50–60%     60–70%
Christensen:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Warren Magnuson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Warren Magnuson
Democratic

The 1962 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Warren Magnuson won a fourth term in office, narrowly defeating Republican nominee Richard G. Christensen.

Contents

Blanket primary

The blanket primary was held on September 18, 1962.

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

  • Richard G. Christensen, Lutheran minister [1]
  • Ben Larson, teacher [1]

Results

Blanket primary results [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Warren G. Magnuson (incumbent) 280,891 54.32%
Republican Richard G. Christensen 178,616 34.54%
Republican Ben Larson38,7597.50%
Democratic John Patric 18,8493.65%
Total votes517,115 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

1962 United States Senate election in Washington [5] [6] [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Warren G. Magnuson (Incumbent) 491,365 52.09
Republican Richard G. Christensen446,20447.31
Socialist Labor Henry Killman4,7300.50
Constitution W. Frank Horne9300.10
Majority45,1614.78
Turnout 943,229
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bone, Hugh A. (June 1963). "The 1962 Election in Washington". The Western Political Quarterly. 16 (2). Western Political Science Association: 467–476. doi:10.1177/106591296301600221. JSTOR   444962. S2CID   159338109 . Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  2. "Election Search Results - Elections & Voting - WA Secretary of State".
  3. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 159.
  4. America Votes 5, p. 432.
  5. "Election Search Results - Elections & Voting - WA Secretary of State".
  6. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (March 16, 1963). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1962" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  7. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 99.
  8. America Votes 5, p. 426.

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