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The 1934 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 6, 1934.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert La Follette Jr. left his party and, with his brother Philip, formed the new Wisconsin Progressive Party. La Follette was re-elected on the Progressive ticket over Democrat John M. Callahan and Republican John B. Chapple. Robert La Follette Jr. was the first non-Republican to have won an election for this seat to the United States Senate from Wisconsin since John Lendrum Mitchell in 1893.
Progressive primary
Candidates
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
1934 Republican U.S. Senate primary[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | John B. Chapple | 126,034 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 126,034 | 100.00% |
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
General election
Candidates
- John B. Chapple, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1932 (Republican)
- John M. Callahan, former Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman (Democratic)
- Fern Dobbins (Independent Communist)
- Robert M. La Follette Jr., incumbent senator since 1925 (Progressive)
- Theodore Lee (Independent Prohibition)
- James P. Sheehan (Socialist)
Results
1934 U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin[2][3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive | Robert La Follette Jr. (incumbent) | 440,513 | 47.78% | N/A |
| Democratic | John M. Callahan | 223,438 | 24.24% | N/A |
| Republican | Fred H. Clausen | 210,569 | 22.84% | 62.73 |
| Socialist | James P. Sheehan | 44,453 | 4.82% | N/A |
| Communist | Fern Dobbins | 2,127 | 0.23% | 0.03 |
| Prohibition | Theodore Lee | 826 | 0.09% | 2.79 |
| Write-in | 23 | 0.00% | N/A |
Total votes | 921,949 | 100.00% |
| Progressive gain from Republican |
See also
References
- ^ a b c "The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1935" (PDF). p. 548. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1934" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ "The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1935" (PDF). Our Campaigns. p. 599. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
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