Election Name: | 1932 United States Senate election in Oklahoma |
Country: | Oklahoma |
Flag Year: | 1925 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1926 United States Senate election in Oklahoma |
Previous Year: | 1926 |
Next Election: | 1938 United States Senate election in Oklahoma |
Next Year: | 1938 |
Election Date: | November 8, 1932 |
Image1: | File:Oklahoma Senator. Washington, D.C., April 19, 1939 A new informal picture of Senator Elmer Thomas, Democrat of Oklahoma LCCN2016875466 (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Elmer Thomas |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 426,130 |
Percentage1: | 65.51% |
Nominee2: | Wirt Franklin |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 218,854 |
Percentage2: | 33.70% |
Map Size: | 200px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Elmer Thomas |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Elmer Thomas |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1932 United States Senate election in Oklahoma took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Democratic Senator Elmer Thomas ran for re-election to a second term. Thomas faced a crowded path to renomination, and only won the Democratic primary following a runoff election with attorney Gomer Smith. On the Republican side, oil magnate Wirt Franklin similarly won the Republican nomination in a runoff election. Thomas overwhelmingly defeated Franklin to win re-election, aided by Democratic presidential nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide win in Oklahoma over Republican President Herbert Hoover.