1932 United States Senate election in Washington|
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Results by county
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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.
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
General election
Candidates
- Homer Bone, former State Representative from Tacoma (Democratic)
- Frederick R. Burch (Liberty)
- Andrew T. Hunter (Socialist)
- Wesley Livsey Jones, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1908 (Republican)
- Alex Noral (Communist)
Results
See also
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.