1932 United States Senate election in Washington

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Nominee  | Homer Bone | Wesley L. Jones |
Party  | Democratic | Republican
Popular vote  | 371,535 | 220,204
Percentage  | 60.61% | 32.70%

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Results by county
Bone: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

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| U.S. senator before election

Wesley Livsey Jones
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| Elected U.S. Senator

Homer Bone[a]
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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

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### Candidates

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#### Democratic

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* Lloyd Black, former Snohomish County prosecutor
* Homer Bone, former Farmer-Labor State Representative from Tacoma
* Edwin J. Brown, former mayor of Seattle (1922–1926)
* Stephen J. Chadwick, former Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court

#### Republican

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* Adam Beeler, Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
* Wesley Livsey Jones, incumbent Senator since 1909

### Results

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1932 U.S. Senate blanket primary[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| 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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### Candidates

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* 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

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1932 United States Senate election in Washington[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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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* 1932 United States Senate elections

## 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.
2. ^ "1932 Washington Senate blanket primary". Retrieved May 23, 2022.
3. ^ 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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