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
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
General election
Results
See also
- 1932 United States Senate elections
References
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