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1932 United States Senate election in Washington





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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.

1932 United States Senate election in Washington
← 1926 November 8, 1932 1938 →
 
Nominee Homer Bone Wesley L. Jones
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 371,535 220,204
Percentage 60.61% 32.70%

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[a]
Democratic

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

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Candidates

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Democratic

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Republican

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Results

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1932 U.S. Senate blanket primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wesley Livsey Jones (incumbent) 118,249 31.40%
Democratic Homer Bone 98,094 26.04%
Republican Adam Beeler 78,966 20.97%
Democratic Stephen J. Chadwick 47,817 12.70%
Democratic Lloyd Black 20,623 5.48%
Democratic Edwin J. Brown 12,898 3.42%
Total votes 376,647 100.00%

General election

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Results

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1932 United States Senate election in Washington[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Homer Bone 365,939 60.61%  14.09
Republican Wesley Livsey Jones (incumbent) 197,450 32.70%  18.61
Liberty Frederick R. Burch 28,859 4.78% N/A
Socialist Andrew T. Hunter 9,364 1.55% N/A
Communist Alex Noral 2,183 0.36% N/A
Total votes 603,795 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

See also

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Notes

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  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

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  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.
  • ^ "1932 Washington Senate blanket primary". Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  • ^ 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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