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1962 United States Senate election in Washington Washington presidential no 1956 United States Senate election in Washington 1956 1968 United States Senate election in Washington 1968 November 6, 1962 Warren Magnuson Fred Milkie Portrait Edit 3x4.jpg Warren Magnuson Democratic Party (United States) 491,365 52.09% 3x4.svg Richard G. Christensen Republican Party (United States) 446,204 47.31% 1962 United States Senate election in Washington results map by county.svg 275px County resultsMagnuson: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Christensen: #FFB2B2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% U.S. Senator Warren Magnuson Democratic Party (United States) Warren Magnuson Democratic Party (United States)
The 1962 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Warren Magnuson won a fourth term in office, narrowly defeating Republican nominee Richard G. Christensen.
Blanket primary
The blanket primary was held on September 18, 1962.
Candidates
Democratic
Warren G. Magnuson, incumbent United States Senator
John "Hugo Frye" Patric, writer
Republican
Richard G. Christensen, Lutheran ministerBone Hugh A. June 1963 The 1962 Election in Washington https://www.jstor.org/stable/444962 The Western Political Quarterly 16 2 467–476 Western Political Science Association 10.1177/106591296301600221 444962 159338109 21 August 2021 subscription
Ben Larson, teacher
Results
Blanket primary resultshttps://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=50&c=&c2=&t=&t2=&p=&p2=&y= Election Search Results - Elections & Voting - WA Secretary of StateCongressional Quarterly 1998 159America Votes 5 432
Democratic Party (United States)
Warren G. Magnuson (incumbent)
280,891
54.32%
Republican Party (United States)
Richard G. Christensen
178,616
34.54%
Republican Party (United States)
Ben Larson
38,759
7.50%
Democratic Party (United States)
John Patric
18,849
3.65%
517,115
100.00%
General election
Candidates
Warren Magnuson, Democratic, incumbent U.S. Senator
Richard G. Christensen, Republican
W. Frank Horne, Constitution, candidate for Washington's 6th congressional district in 1958
Henry M. Killman, Socialist Labor, perennial candidate
Results
1962 United States Senate election in Washingtonhttps://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=49&c=&c2=&t=&t2=&p=&p2=&y= Election Search Results - Elections & Voting - WA Secretary of StateClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1963-03-16 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1962 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1962election.pdf U.S. Government Printing OfficeCongressional Quarterly 1998 99America Votes 5 426
Democratic Party (US)
Warren G. Magnuson (Incumbent)
491,365
52.09
Republican Party (US)
Richard G. Christensen
446,204
47.31
Socialist Labor Party of America
Henry Killman
4,730
0.50
Constitution Party (US)
W. Frank Horne
930
0.10
45,161
4.78
943,229
Democratic Party (US)
See also
1962 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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