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The United States Senate election in Washington of 1952 was held on November 4, 1952. Incumbent and highly-controversial
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Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and a ...
. Jackson would come to serve 30 years as a United States Senator, and this would be his only election to the Senate in which he lost any of the state’s counties.


Blanket primary


Candidates


Democratic

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Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and a ...
, U.S. Representative from Everett


Republican

* Harry Cain, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1946 *Carl Viking Holman *Ed F. Oldfield


Results


General election


Results


See also

* 1952 United States Senate elections


References

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