1952 United States Senate election in Washington

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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

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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

• Henry M. Jackson, U.S. Representative from Everett

Republican

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

Results

General election

Results

1952 U.S. Senate election in Washington^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry M. Jackson	595,288	56.23%	11.09
	Republican	Harry Cain (incumbent)	460,884	43.53%	10.81
	Progressive	Thomas C. Rabbitt	1,912	0.18%	N/A
	Socialist Labor	Henry M. Killman	651	0.06%	0.29
Total votes			1,058,735	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing