1934 Wisconsin Senate election
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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)
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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 | |
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Total after this election | 14 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 33 | |
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Close races
Outgoing incumbents
Retiring
- Leonard Fons (R–Milwaukee), representing District 7 since 1930 declined to seek re-election.
- William H. Edwards (R–Sussex), representing District 33 since 1930, declined to seek re-election.
Seeking other office
- Eugene A. Clifford (D–Juneau), representing District 13 since 1930, instead ran for Congress from Wisconsin's 8th congressional district.
- Orland Steen Loomis (R–Mauston) representing District 31 since 1930, instead ran for Wisconsin Attorney General as a Progressive.
Candidates and results
Dist. | Incumbent | This race[1] | |||||
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Member | Party | First elected | Status | Primary | General | Result | |
01 | John E. Cashman | Republican | 1922 | Running | TBD |
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Incumbent re-elected. Progressive gain. |
03 | None (open seat) | New member to be elected | TBD |
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New member elected. Democratic gain. | ||
05 | Bernhard Gettelman | Republican | 1922 | Running | TBD |
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New member elected. Democratic gain. |
07 | Leonard Fons | Republican | 1930 | Retiring | TBD |
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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-- | 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
- ^ "The Wisconsin Blue Book 1935". University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. Retrieved March 13, 2024.