1928 United States Senate election in Washington

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1928 United States Senate election in Washington

← 1922 November 6, 1928 1934 →
 
Nominee Clarence Dill Kenneth Mackintosh
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 261,524 227,415
Percentage 53.42% 46.45%

County results
Dill:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Mackintosh:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Clarence Dill

Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Clarence Dill

Democratic

The 1928 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 6, 1928. Incumbent Democrat Clarence Dill was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican Chief justice Kenneth Mackintosh.

As of 2024, this is the last time Washington elected a U.S. Senator from east of the

Cascade Mountains
.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Clarence C. Dill
    , incumbent Senator since 1923
  • James Cleveland Longstreet

Results

1928 Democratic Senate primary[1]: 12 
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic
Clarence C. Dill
(incumbent)
20,123 80.63%
Democratic
James C. Longstreet 4,833 19.37%
Total votes 24,956 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1928 Republican Senate primary[1]: 3 
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican
Kenneth Mackintosh 118,664 47.72%
Republican
Miles Poindexter 83,102 33.42%
Republican
Austin E. Griffiths 46,891 18.86%
Total votes 248,657 100.00%

General election

Results

1928 U.S. Senate election in Washington[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic
Clarence C. Dill
(incumbent)
261,524 53.42% Increase9.15
Republican
Kenneth Mackintosh 227,415 46.45% Increase3.52
Communist
Alex Noral 666 0.14% Decrease0.02
Total votes 496,688 100.00%
Democratic
hold
Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Gloyd, F. H. (1928). Abstract of Votes Polled at the Primary Election Held September 11, 1928 (PDF). Olympia: Washington Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  2. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved April 3, 2021.