1934 United States Senate election in New Jersey

1934 United States Senate election in New Jersey

← 1928 November 6, 1934 1938 (special) →
 
Nominee A. Harry Moore Hamilton Fish Kean
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 785,971 554,483
Percentage 57.90% 40.85%

County results
Moore:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Kean:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Hamilton Fish Kean
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

A. Harry Moore
Democratic

The United States Senate election of 1934 in New Jersey was held on November 6, 1934.

Incumbent Republican Senator Hamilton Fish Kean ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated by Governor of New Jersey A. Harry Moore in a landslide.

This was among the nine seats Democrats gained in this year's elections.

This election also marks the end of a streak of four straight elections in which the incumbents were defeated, beginning in 1916.


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