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1938 United States Senate election in Washington

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1938 United States Senate election in Washington

← 1932 November 8, 1938 1944 →
 
Nominee Homer Bone Ewing D. Colvin
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 371,535 220,204
Percentage 62.62% 37.12%

County results
Bone:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Colvin:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Homer Bone
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Homer Bone
Democratic

The 1938 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Homer Bone was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican Ewing D. Colvin.

Blanket primary

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The blanket primary was held on September 13, 1938.

Candidates

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Democratic

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  • Homer Bone, incumbent senator since 1933
  • Otto A. Case, former state treasurer (1933–37) and candidate for governor in 1936

Republican

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  • Ewing D. Colvin
  • Howard E. Foster
  • Frank M. Goodwin, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1934

Results

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Blanket primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Homer Bone (incumbent) 243,682 55.31%
Republican Ewing D. Colvin 101,364 23.01%
Democratic Otto A. Case 59,264 13.45%
Republican Frank M. Goodwin 20,691 4.70%
Republican Howard E. Foster 15,557 3.53%
Total votes 440,558 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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  • Ewing D. Colvin (Republican)
  • Homer Bone, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1933 (Democratic)
  • Eugene V. Solie (Socialist Labor)

Results

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1938 United States Senate election in Washington[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Homer Bone (incumbent) 371,535 62.62%
Republican Ewing D. Colvin 220,204 37.12%
Socialist Labor Eugene V. Solie 1,553 0.26%
Total votes 593,292 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1938 Washington Senate blanket primary". Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  2. ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (March 1, 1939). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1938" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.