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1934 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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1934 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

← 1928 November 6, 1934 1940 →
 
Nominee David I. Walsh Robert M. Washburn
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 852,776 536,692
Percentage 59.39% 37.38%

Walsh:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Washburn:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      100%

Senator before election

David I. Walsh
Democratic

Elected Senator

David I. Walsh
Democratic

The 1934 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 6, 1934. Democratic incumbent David I. Walsh was re-elected to a second consecutive term, the first Democrat ever to do so in the state, in a landslide over Republican Robert M. Washburn.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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  • Edward P. Barry, former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1914–15)
  • William Donahoe, former State Representative from Boston
  • David I. Walsh, incumbent Senator

Results

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1934 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David I. Walsh (incumbent) 270,242 66.79%
Democratic Edward P. Barry 102,863 25.42%
Democratic William Donahoe 31,474 7.78%
Write-in 12 0.00%
Total votes 404,591 100.00%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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1934 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert M. Washburn 295,849 99.99%
Write-in 20 0.01%
Total votes 295,869 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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Results

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1934 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David I. Walsh (incumbent) 852,776 59.39% Increase5.83
Republican Robert M. Washburn 536,692 37.38% Decrease8.10
Socialist Albert Sprague Coolidge 22,092 1.54% Increase1.04
Prohibition Barnard Smith 10,363 0.72% Increase0.72
Socialist Labor Albert L. Waterman 8,245 0.57% Increase0.57
Communist Paul C. Wicks 5,757 0.40% Increase0.03
Total votes 1,435,925 100.00%

References

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  1. ^ Frederic W. Cook, Secretary of the Commonwealth (1934). Election Statistics, 1933–34. Boston, MA.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Election Statistics 1934, p. 186.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1934".