1938 United States Senate election in Washington

1938 United States Senate election in Washington
	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

The blanket primary was held on September 13, 1938.

Candidates

Democratic

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

Republican

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

Results

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

Candidates

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

Results

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

References

^ "1938 Washington Senate blanket primary". Retrieved May 23, 2022.
^ 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.

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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.

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1938 United States Senate election in Washington

Blanket primary

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election

Candidates

Results

See also

References