1934 United States Senate election in Washington

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

1934 United States Senate election in Washington
November 6, 1934
 
Nominee Lewis Schwellenbach Reno Odlin
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 302,606 168,994
Percentage 60.9% 34.0%
County results
Schwellenbach:      50–60%      60–70%
Tie:      40–50%
U.S. senator before election

Clarence Dill
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Lewis Schwellenbach
Democratic

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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, radio announcer and anti-poverty activist[1]
  • James W. Williams

Results
1934 Democratic Senate primary[2]
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[3]
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[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lewis Schwellenbach 302,606 60.93% 7.51
Republican Reno Odlin 168,994 34.02% 12.43
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% 0.56
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

References
  1. May, Drew. The Great Depression in Washington State https://depts.washington.edu/depress/1936_campaign.shtml. Retrieved 3 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Our Campaigns - WA US Senate - D Primary - Sep 11, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  3. "Our Campaigns - WA US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 11, 1934". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  4. "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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