1934 United States Senate election in Delaware

← 1928

November 6, 1934

1940 →


Nominee	John G. Townsend Jr.	Wilbur L. Adams
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	52,829	45,771
Percentage	53.27%	46.16%

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John G. Townsend Jr.
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Elected U.S. Senator

John G. Townsend Jr.
Republican

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The 1934 United States Senate election in Delaware took place on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John G. Townsend Jr. was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic U.S. Representative Wilbur L. Adams.

General election

Candidates

Wilbur L. Adams, U.S. Representative at-large since 1933 (Democratic)
John G. Townsend Jr., incumbent Senator since 1929 (Republican)
Fred W. Whiteside (Socialist)
John T. Wlodkoski (Communist)

Results

1934 U.S. Senate election in Delaware^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John G. Townsend Jr. (incumbent)	52,829	53.27%	7.68
	Democratic	Wilbur L. Adams	45,771	46.16%	7.11
	Socialist	Fred W. Whiteside	497	0.50%	N/A
	Communist	John T. Wlodkoski	69	0.07%	N/A
Total votes			99,166	100.00%
	Republican hold

References

^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1934" (PDF). Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. p. 4.

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See also: Political party strength in Delaware

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1934 United States Senate election in Delaware

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See also

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