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1928 United States Senate election in Washington
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Clarence Dill
Democratic Party (United States)
261,524
53.42%
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Kenneth Mackintosh
Republican Party (United States)
227,415
46.45% 1928 United States Senate election in Washington results map by county.svg 275px County resultsDill: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Mackintosh: #e27f7f 50–60%
U.S. Senator
Clarence Dill
Democratic Party (US)
Clarence Dill
Democratic Party (US)
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 , 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 primaryGloyd F. H. https://wei.sos.wa.gov/agency/osos/en/press_and_research/PreviousElections/Pre2004/Documents/1889.to.1948/1928%20Primary%20Abstract.pdf Abstract of Votes Polled at the Primary Election Held September 11, 1928 Washington Secretary of State 1928 Olympia 2022-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20170128173233/https://wei.sos.wa.gov/agency/osos/en/press_and_research/PreviousElections/Pre2004/Documents/1889.to.1948/1928%20Primary%20Abstract.pdf 28 January 2017 dead12
Clarence C. Dill (incumbent)
Democratic Party (US)
20,123
80.63%
James C. Longstreet
Democratic Party (US)
4,833
19.37%
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
1928 Republican Senate primary3
Kenneth Mackintosh
Republican Party (US)
118,664
47.72%
Miles Poindexter
Republican Party (US)
83,102
33.42%
Austin E. Griffiths
Republican Party (US)
46,891
18.86%
248,657
100.00%
General election
Results
1928 U.S. Senate election in WashingtonStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1928election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office 3 Apr 2021
Democratic Party (US)
Clarence C. Dill (incumbent)
261,524
53.42%
9.15
Republican Party (US)
Kenneth Mackintosh
227,415
46.45%
3.52
Communist Party (US)
Alex Noral
666
0.14%
0.02
496,688
100.00%
Democratic Party (US)
Republican Party (US)
See also
1928 United States Senate elections
References
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