1952 United States Senate election in Washington

United States Senate election in Washington Of 1952
	County results; Jackson: 50–60% 60–70%; Cain: 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 go on to serve 32 years as a United States Senator.

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

References[]

^ "Our Campaigns - WA US Senate - Blanket Primary Race - Sep 9, 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com.
^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1952" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 3 Apr 2021.

[1] "Our Campaigns - WA US Senate - Blanket Primary Race - Sep 9, 1952". www.ourcampaigns.com.

[2] "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1952" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 3 Apr 2021.

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1952 United States Senate election in Washington

Contents

Blanket primary[]

Candidates[]

Democratic[]

Republican[]

Results[]

General election[]

Results[]

See also[]

References[]