The 1928 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 6, 1928. Incumbent
Democrat
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Clarence Dill
Clarence Cleveland Dill (September 21, 1884January 14, 1978) was an American politician from the state of Washington (state), Washington. A United States Democratic Party, Democrat, he was elected to two terms each in both houses of United Sta ...
was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican
Chief justice Kenneth Mackintosh
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.
As of , this is the last time Washington elected a U.S. Senator from east of the
Cascade Mountains.
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Clarence C. Dill
Clarence Cleveland Dill (September 21, 1884January 14, 1978) was an American politician from the state of Washington. A Democrat, he was elected to two terms each in both houses of Congress.
Early years
Dill was born in Fredericktown, Ohio, a ...
, incumbent Senator since 1923
*James Cleveland Longstreet
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
*Austin E. Griffiths
*Kenneth Mackintosh, Chief
Justice of the Washington Supreme Court since 1918
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Miles Poindexter, U.S. Ambassador to Peru and former U.S. Senator (1911–23)
Results
General election
Results
See also
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1928 United States Senate elections
The 1928 United States Senate elections were elections that coincided with the presidential election of Republican Herbert Hoover. The strong economy helped the Republicans to gain seven seats from the Democrats.
Senate Majority leader, Republic ...
References
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1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
Washington
United States Senate