1932 United States Senate election in North Carolina

←  1926 November 8, 1932 1938  →

Nominee Robert R. Reynolds Jacob F. Newell Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 482,133 220,524 Percentage 68.62% 31.38%

Senator before election Cameron A. Morrison Democratic Elected Senator Robert Rice Reynolds Democratic

The 1932 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 8, 1932. Interim Democratic senator Cameron A. Morrison ran for election to a full term, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Robert Rice Reynolds. Reynolds defeated Republican Jacob F. Newell in the general election.

Contents

• Background
• Democratic primary
• Candidates
• Results
• Runoff
• Republican primary
• Candidates 2
• Results 2
• General election
• Results 3
• Footnotes

Background

Incumbent senator Lee S. Overman died on December 12, 1930. Governor of North Carolina Oliver Max Gardner appointed Cameron A. Morrison, a former governor, to fill Overman's vacant seat until a successor could be duly elected.

A special election to complete Overman's term was scheduled for the same day as the 1932 election to the next term. Primaries for both elections were held on June 4.

Democratic primary

Republican primary

General election

Results

1932 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert Rice Reynolds	482,133	68.62%	8.11
	Republican	Jacob F. Newell	220,524	31.38%	8.11
Total votes			702,657	100.00%

Footnotes