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1932 United States Senate election in Washington

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.

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. Jones died on November 19, less than two weeks after the election.

Lloyd Black, former Snohomish County prosecutor
Homer Bone, former Farmer-Labor State Representative from Tacoma
Edwin J. Brown, former mayor of Seattle (1922–1926)
Stephen J. Chadwick, former Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
Adam Beeler, Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
Wesley Livsey Jones, incumbent Senator since 1909

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	118,249	31.40%
	Democratic	98,094	26.04%
	Republican	78,966	20.97%
	Democratic	47,817	12.70%
	Democratic	20,623	5.48%
	Democratic	12,898	3.42%
376,647	100.00%

Homer Bone, former State Representative from Tacoma (Democratic)
Frederick R. Burch (Liberty)
Andrew T. Hunter (Socialist)
Wesley Livsey Jones, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1908 (Republican)
Alex Noral (Communist)

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Democratic	365,939	60.61%	14.09
	Republican	197,450	32.70%	18.61
	Liberty	28,859	4.78%	N/A
	Socialist	9,364	1.55%	N/A
	Communist	2,183	0.36%	N/A
603,795	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

1932 United States Senate elections

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