.svg.png.webp){kind=small} | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
 County results Dill: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Mackintosh: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| Elections in Washington |
|---|
 |
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
| 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
- Austin E. Griffiths
- Kenneth Mackintosh, Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court since 1918
- Miles Poindexter, U.S. Ambassador to Peru and former U.S. Senator (1911–23)
Results
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clarence C. Dill (incumbent) | 261,524 | 53.42% |  9.15 | |
| Republican | Kenneth Mackintosh | 227,415 | 46.45% | 3.52 | |
| Communist | Alex Noral | 666 | 0.14% |  0.02 | |
| Total votes | 496,688 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.