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1932 United States Senate election in California
	Election results by county; McAdoo: 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%; Tubbs: 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%; Shuler: 30-40% 40-50%
U.S. senator before election; Samuel Morgan Shortridge; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; William Gibbs McAdoo; Democratic

The 1932 United States Senate election in California was held on November 2, 1932. Incumbent Republican Senator Samuel Morgan Shortridge ran for a third term in office, but lost a highly competitive four-way Republican primary to Tallant Tubbs, who ran as a "wet" or anti-prohibition candidate.

In the general election, former Secretary of the Treasury and presidential candidate William Gibbs McAdoo won a three-way race against Tubbs and Prohibition candidate Robert P. Shuler, who received the most votes of any Prohibition candidate in United States history.

Republican primary

Candidates

Joe Crail, U.S. Representative from Inglewood
Samuel Morgan Shortridge, incumbent Senator
Robert P. Shuler, Southern Methodist evangelist preacher (cross-filing)
Tallant Tubbs, state legislator
Leo V. Youngworth

Results

1932 Republican Senate primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tallant Tubbs	217,047	25.06%
	Republican	Samuel Morgan Shortridge (incumbent)	206,450	23.83%
	Prohibition	Robert P. Shuler (cross-filing)	198,619	22.93%
	Republican	Joe Crail	187,999	21.70%
	Republican	Leo V. Youngworth	56,110	6.48%
Total votes			866,225	100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

P.M. Abbott
Annie Hale
William Gibbs McAdoo, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and candidate for President in 1920 and 1924
M. J. McCarthy
Robert P. Shuler, Southern Methodist evangelist preacher (cross-filing)
Justus S. Wardell, nominee for Governor in 1926

Results

1932 Democratic Senate primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Gibbs McAdoo	269,746	52.55%
	Democratic	Justus S. Wardell	116,845	22.76%
	Prohibition	Robert P. Shuler (cross-filing)	86,259	16.81%
	Democratic	M. J. McCarthy	18,702	3.64%
	Democratic	P. M. Abbott	13,836	2.70%
	Democratic	Annie Hale	7,910	1.54%
Total votes			513,298	100.00%

General election

Results

1932 United States Senate election in California^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Gibbs McAdoo	943,164	43.39%
	Republican	Tallant Tubbs	669,676	30.81%
	Prohibition	Robert P. Shuler	560,088	25.77%
	Socialist	George Ross Kirkpatrick (write-in)	466	0.02%
Total votes			1,061,727	100.00%

References

^ "CA US Senate – R Primary, 1932". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
^ "CA US Senate – D Primary, 1932". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
^ "CA US Senate, 1932". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved April 24, 2020.