Election Name: | 1932 United States Senate election in Washington |
Country: | Washington |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1926 United States Senate election in Washington |
Previous Year: | 1926 |
Next Election: | 1938 United States Senate election in Washington |
Next Year: | 1938 |
Election Date: | November 8, 1932 |
Nominee1: | Homer Bone |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 371,535 |
Percentage1: | 60.61% |
Nominee2: | Wesley L. Jones |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 220,204 |
Percentage2: | 32.70% |
Map Size: | 275px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Wesley Livsey Jones |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Homer Bone |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
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.