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1934 United States Senate election in Wisconsin|
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County results La Follete Jr.: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Callahan: 30–40% 40–50% Chapple: 30–40% 40–50% |
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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
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
General election
Candidates
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John B. Chapple, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1932 (Republican)
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John M. Callahan, former Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman (Democratic)
- Fern Dobbins (Independent Communist)
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Robert M. La Follette Jr., incumbent senator since 1925 (Progressive)
- Theodore Lee (Independent Prohibition)
- James P. Sheehan (Socialist)
Results
See also
References