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1934 Wisconsin State Senate election

← 1932 November 6, 1934 1936 →

17 of 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Harry W. Bolens TBD
Party Democratic Progressive
Leader's seat 20thPort Washington N/A
Last election 7 seats, TBD% N/A
Seats before 9 new party
Seats won 7 8
Seats after 14 13
Seat change Increase 5 Increase 13
Popular vote TBD TBD
Percentage TBD% TBD%
Swing SteadyTBD pp SteadyTBD pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Orland Steen Loomis
(retired)
N/A
Party Republican Socialist
Leader's seat 31stMauston N/A
Last election 9 seats, TBD% 1 seat, TBD%
Seats before 22 1
Seats won 2 0
Seats after 6 0
Seat change Decrease 15 Decrease 1
Popular vote 27,752
Swing SteadyTBD pp SteadyTBD pp

President pro tempore before election

Orland S. Loomis
Republican

Elected President pro tempore

Harry W. Bolens
Democratic

The 1934 Wisconsin Senate elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 1934. Seventeen of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate were up for election—the odd-numbered districts.

Results summary

Seats Party
(majority caucus shading)
Total
Democratic Socialist Progressive Republican
Last election (1934) 7 1 0 9 16
Total after last election (1934) 9 19 33
Total before this election 13 1 0 18 31
Up for election 3 1 13 17
of which: Incumbent retiring 1 3 4
Vacated 1 1
This election 7 0 8 2 17
Change from last election Steady Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Total after this election 14 0 13 6 33
Change in total Increase 5 Decrease 1 Increase 13 Decrease 2 Steady

Close races

Outgoing incumbents

Retiring

Seeking other office

Candidates and results

Dist. Incumbent This race [1]
Member Party First elected Status Primary General Result
01 John E. Cashman Republican 1922 Running TBD
Incumbent re-elected.
Progressive gain.
03 None (open seat) New member to be elected TBD
  • Green tickY Arthur L. Zimny (Dem.) 40.83%
  • George L. Tews (Soc.) 26.71%
  • H. C.Schultz (Prog.) 20.92%
  • Carl Lester (Ind.) 5.97%
  • William B. Manning (Rep.) 5.57%
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
05 Bernhard Gettelman Republican 1922 Running TBD
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
07 Leonard Fons Republican 1930 Retiring TBD
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
Walter Polakowski (Redistricted from the 3rd district) Socialist 1922 Running Incumbent defeated. Socialist loss
09 Irving P. Mehigan Republican 1924 Running TBD New member elected.
Democratic gain.
11 Philip Nelson Republican 1930 Running TBD Incumbent re-elected
13 Eugene A. Clifford Democratic 1930 Running for Wisconsin's 8th congressional district TBD New member elected.
Progressive gain.
15 Alexander Paul Democratic 1933 (special) Running TBD New member elected. Republican gain.
17 George Engebretson Republican 1932 (special) Running TBD Incumbent re-elected.
Progressive gain.
19 Vacant Seat to be filled TBD New member elected.
Democratic gain.
21 Walter S. Goodland Republican 1926 Running TBD New member elected.
Democratic gain.
23 Herman J. Severson Republican 1918 Running TBD Incumbent re-elected.
Progressive gain.
25 Otto Mueller Republican 1926 Running TBD New member elected.
Progressive gain.
27 Fred W. Zantow Democratic 1930 Running TBD Incumbent re-elected.
Progressive gain.
29 John A. Anderson Republican 1930 Running TBD Incumbent re-elected.
Progressive gain.
31 Orland S. Loomis Republican 1930 Retired to run for Attorney General as a Progressive TBD New member elected.
Progressive gain.
33 William Edwards Republican 1930 Not running TBD New member elected.
Democratic gain.

References

  1. ^ "The Wisconsin Blue Book 1935". University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. Retrieved March 13, 2024.