1922 United States Senate election in Washington
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The 1922 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 7, 1922. Incumbent Republican Miles Poindexter ran for a third term in office, but was defeated by Democrat Clarence C. Dill in a three-way race that also featured Farmer-Labor nominee James Duncan.
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Republican primary
editCandidates
edit- Frances Cleveland Axtell, former state representative from Bellingham
- Austin E. Griffiths, former Seattle City Councilman (1910–1913) and candidate for mayor in 1916
- George B. Lamping, state senator and candidate for governor in 1920
- Miles Poindexter, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1911
- George H. Stevenson
- Lee Tittle
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Miles Poindexter (incumbent) | 84,695 | 43.05% | |
| Republican | George B. Lamping | 56,189 | 28.56% | |
| Republican | Frances Cleveland Axtell | 23,555 | 11.97% | |
| Republican | Austin E. Griffiths | 23,257 | 11.82% | |
| Republican | George H. Stevenson | 6,637 | 3.37% | |
| Republican | Lee Tittle | 2,419 | 1.23% | |
| Total votes | 196,752 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic primary
editCandidates
edit- Clarence C. Dill, U.S. Representative from Spokane
- James Cleveland Longstreet
- Lyman Seelye
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clarence C. Dill | 10,528 | 70.23% | |
| Democratic | James C. Longstreet | 2,633 | 17.56% | |
| Democratic | Lyman Seelye | 1,830 | 12.21% | |
| Total votes | 14,991 | 100.00% | ||
Farmer-Labor primary
editCandidates
edit- James A. Duncan, candidate for U.S. Representative and Mayor of Seattle in 1920
Results
editDuncan was unopposed for the Farmer-Labor nomination.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmer–Labor | James A. Duncan | 6,817 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 6,817 | 100.00% | ||
General election
editResults
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clarence C. Dill | 130,347 | 44.27% |  7.21
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| Republican | Miles Poindexter (incumbent) | 126,410 | 42.93% |  12.46
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| Farmer–Labor | James A. Duncan | 35,326 | 12.00% | N/A | |
| Socialist Labor | David Burgess | 1,904 | 0.65% | N/A | |
| Communist | Frans Bostrom | 482 | 0.16% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 294,469 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the Primary Election Held September 12, 1922 (PDF). Olympia: Washington Secretary of State. 1922. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1922" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved April 5, 2021.