1934 United States Senate election in Washington

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1934 United States Senate election in Washington
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Nominee Lewis Schwellenbach Reno Odlin
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 302,606 168,994
Percentage 60.9% 34.0%
U.S. senator before election

Clarence Dill
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Lewis Schwellenbach
Democratic

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    The 1934 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Democrat Clarence Dill did not run for a second term in office. He was succeeded by Democrat Lewis Schwellenbach, who defeated Republican Reno Odlin for the open seat.

    Democratic primary[]

    Candidates[]

    • Harry W. Deegan
    • Charles H. Leavy, U.S. Representative from Spokane
    • John C. Peterson
    • Lewis Schwellenbach, Seattle attorney and candidate for Governor in 1932
    • John C. Stevenson
    • James W. Williams

    Results[]

    1934 Democratic Senate primary[1]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Lewis Schwellenbach 74,999 36.50%
    Democratic John C. Stevenson 61,031 29.71%
    Democratic Charles H. Leavy 52,459 25.53%
    Democratic Harry W. Deegan 6,181 3.01%
    Democratic John C. Peterson 5,486 2.67%
    Democratic James W. Williams 5,304 2.58%
    Total votes 205,460 100.00%

    Republican primary[]

    Candidates[]

    • Frank M. Goodwin
    • Ralph Horr, U.S. Representative from Seattle since 1931
    • Frank R. Jeffrey
    • D.V. Morthland, State Senator from Yakima since 1917
    • Reno Odlin

    Results[]

    1934 Republican Senate primary[2]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Reno Odlin 36,653 28.56%
    Republican D.V. Morthland 33,524 26.12%
    Republican Ralph Horr 30,770 23.98%
    Republican Frank R. Jeffrey 17,635 13.74%
    Republican Frank M. Goodwin 9,753 7.60%
    Total votes 128,335 100.00%

    General election[]

    Results[]

    1934 U.S. Senate election in Washington[3]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Democratic Lewis Schwellenbach 302,606 60.93% Increase7.51
    Republican Reno Odlin 168,994 34.02% Decrease12.43
    Cincinnatus William J. Wilkins 11,866 2.39% N/A
    Socialist John F. McKay 7,192 1.45% N/A
    Communist George Edward Bradley 3,470 0.70% Increase0.56
    Prohibition Chester H. Thompson 1,551 0.31% N/A
    Socialist Labor Edward Kriz 556 0.11% N/A
    Washington Liberty Glen S. Corkrey 453 0.09% N/A
    Total votes 496,688 100.00%
    Democratic hold Swing

    See also[]

    • 1934 United States Senate elections

    References[]

    1. ^ "Our Campaigns - WA US Senate - D Primary - Sep 11, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com.
    2. ^ "Our Campaigns - WA US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 11, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com.
    3. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1934" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 3 Apr 2021.
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