1932 United States Senate election in California

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.

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1932 United States Senate election in California

← 1926 November 6, 1932 1938 â†’

Nominee William Gibbs McAdoo Tallant Tubbs Robert P. Shuler Party Democratic Republican Prohibition Popular vote 943,164 669,676 560,088 Percentage 43.39% 30.81% 25.77%

County results McAdoo:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Tubbs:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Shuler:      30–40%      40–50%

U.S. senator before election Samuel Morgan Shortridge Republican Elected U.S. Senator William Gibbs McAdoo Democratic

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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.