1952 United States Senate election in Washington
November 4, 1952
 
Nominee Henry M. Jackson Harry Cain
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 595,288 460,884
Percentage 56.23% 43.53%
County results
Jackson:      50–60%      60–70%
Cain:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Harry Cain
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Henry M. Jackson
Democratic

The United States Senate election in Washington of 1952 was held on November 4, 1952. Incumbent and highly-controversial Republican Harry Cain ran for a second term in office, but was defeated by Democratic U.S. Representative Henry M. Jackson. 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

Republican

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

Results

1952 U.S. Senate primary election in Washington[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry M. Jackson 326,341 48.84%
Republican Harry Cain (incumbent) 261,244 39.09%
Republican Carl Viking Holman 49,411 7.39%
Republican Ed F. Oldfield 31,243 4.68%
Total votes 668,239 100.00%

General election

Results

1952 U.S. Senate election in Washington[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Henry M. Jackson 595,288 56.23% Increase11.09
Republican Harry Cain (incumbent) 460,884 43.53% Decrease10.81
Progressive Thomas C. Rabbitt 1,912 0.18% N/A
Socialist Labor Henry M. Killman 651 0.06% Decrease0.29
Total votes 1,058,735 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Elections Search Results - September 1952 Primary". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1952" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
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