1932 United States Senate election in California

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1932 United States Senate election in California
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  1926 November 6, 1932 1938  
  William Gibbs McAdoo, 1933.jpg State Senator Tallant Tubbs, Los Angeles, 1930.jpg Robert P. Shuler.jpg
Nominee William Gibbs McAdoo Tallant Tubbs Robert P. Shuler
Party Democratic Republican Prohibition
Popular vote943,164669,676560,088
Percentage43.39%30.81%25.77%

1932 United States Senate election in California results map by county.svg
Election results by county
McAdoo:     30-40%     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%
Tubbs:     30-40%     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%
Shuler:     30-40%     40-50%

U.S. senator before election

Samuel Morgan Shortridge
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

William Gibbs McAdoo
Democratic

The 1932 United States Senate election in California was held on November 2, 1932. Incumbent Republican Senator Samuel Morgan Shortridge ran for a third term in office, but lost a highly competitive four-way Republican primary to Tallant Tubbs, who ran as a "wet" or anti-prohibition candidate.

Contents

In the general election, former Secretary of the Treasury and presidential candidate William Gibbs McAdoo won a three-way race against Tubbs and Prohibition candidate Robert P. Shuler, who received the most votes of any Prohibition candidate in United States history.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1932 Republican Senate primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tallant Tubbs 217,047 25.06%
Republican Samuel Morgan Shortridge (incumbent)206,45023.83%
Prohibition Robert P. Shuler (cross-filing)198,61922.93%
Republican Joe Crail 187,99921.70%
Republican Leo V. Youngworth56,1106.48%
Total votes866,225 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1932 Democratic Senate primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic William Gibbs McAdoo 269,746 52.55%
Democratic Justus S. Wardell116,84522.76%
Prohibition Robert P. Shuler (cross-filing)86,25916.81%
Democratic M. J. McCarthy18,7023.64%
Democratic P. M. Abbott13,8362.70%
Democratic Annie Hale7,9101.54%
Total votes513,298 100.00%

General election

Results

1932 United States Senate election in California [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic William Gibbs McAdoo 943,164 43.39%
Republican Tallant Tubbs 669,67630.81%
Prohibition Robert P. Shuler 560,08825.77%
Socialist George Ross Kirkpatrick (write-in)4660.02%
Total votes1,061,727 100.00%

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