1938 United States Senate election in Washington

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.

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

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.