United States Senate election in Washington, 1950
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The 1950 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Warren Magnuson won a second term in office, defeating Republican nominee W. Walter Williams.


Blanket primary

The blanket primary was held on September 12, 1950.


Candidates


Democratic

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Warren G. Magnuson Warren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson (April 12, 1905May 20, 1989) was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Washington in Congress for 44 years, first as a Representative from 1937 to 1944, and then as a senator from 1944 to 1 ...
, incumbent United States Senator


Republican

*W. Walter Williams, CEO of Continental Mortgage *Albert Franklyn Canwell, Member from the Washington House of Representatives' 5th District *Janet Tourtellotte, GOP committeewoman *George Kinnear *Carl Viking Holman


Results


General election


Candidates

* Warren Magnuson, Democratic, incumbent U.S. Senator * W. Walter Williams, Republican, CEO of Continental Mortgage


Results


See also

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1950 United States Senate elections The 1950 United States Senate elections occurred in the middle of Harry S. Truman's second term as president. As with most 20th-century second-term midterms, the party not holding the presidency made significant gains. The Republican opposition m ...


References

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