Election Name: | 1932 United States Senate election in California |
Country: | California |
Flag Image: | Flag of California (1924–1953).png |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1926 United States Senate election in California |
Previous Year: | 1926 |
Next Election: | 1938 United States Senate election in California |
Next Year: | 1938 |
Election Date: | November 6, 1932 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Image1: | File:William Gibbs McAdoo, 1933.jpg |
Nominee1: | William Gibbs McAdoo |
Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 943,164 |
Percentage1: | 43.39% |
Nominee2: | Tallant Tubbs |
Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 669,676 |
Percentage2: | 30.81% |
Image3: | File:Robert P. Shuler.jpg |
Nominee3: | Robert P. Shuler |
Party3: | Prohibition Party (US) |
Popular Vote3: | 560,088 |
Percentage3: | 25.77% |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Samuel Morgan Shortridge |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | William Gibbs McAdoo |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1932 United States Senate election in California was held on November 2, 1932. Incumbent Republican Senator Samuel Morgan Shortridge ran for a third term in office, but lost a highly competitive four-way Republican primary to Tallant Tubbs, who ran as a "wet" or anti-prohibition candidate.
In the general election, former Secretary of the Treasury and presidential candidate William Gibbs McAdoo won a three-way race against Tubbs and Prohibition candidate Robert P. Shuler, who received the most votes of any Prohibition candidate in United States history.