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The 1956 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Warren Magnuson won a third term in office, defeating Republican nominee Arthur B. Langlie.
Blanket primary
The blanket primary was held on September 11, 1956.
Candidates
Democratic
Warren G. Magnuson, incumbent United States Senator
Republican
Arthur B. Langlie, governor of Washington
Results
Blanket primary resultshttps://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=58,57&c=&c2=&t=985&t2=&p=&p2=&y= Election Search Results - Elections & Voting - WA Secretary of State
Democratic Party (United States)
Warren G. Magnuson (incumbent)
442,761
60.48%
Republican Party (United States)
Arthur B. Langlie
289,302
39.52%
732,063
100.00%
General election
Candidates
Warren Magnuson, Democratic, incumbent U.S. Senator
Arthur B. Langlie, Republican, governor of Washington
Results
1956 United States Senate election in Washingtonhttps://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=58,57&c=&c2=&t=985&t2=&p=&p2=&y= Election Search Results - Elections & Voting - WA Secretary of StateClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1957-03-16 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1956election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office
Democratic Party (US)
Warren G. Magnuson (Incumbent)
685,565
61.09
Republican Party (US)
Arthur B. Langlie
436,652
38.91
248,913
22.18
1,122,217
Democratic Party (US)
See also
1956 United States Senate elections
References
Bibliography
Congressional Elections, 1946-1996 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-248-4 Congressional Quarterly 1998
Scammon Richard M. America Votes 5: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1962 1964 Washington, D.C. Governmental Affairs Institute 1964 https://archive.org/details/americavotes5han00scam/mode/2up America Votes 5
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