1932 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

1932 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

← 1926 November 8, 1932 1938 →
 
Nominee Elmer Thomas Wirt Franklin
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 426,130 218,854
Percentage 65.51% 33.70%

U.S. senator before election

Elmer Thomas
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Elmer Thomas
Democratic

The 1932 United States Senate election in Oklahoma took place on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Democratic Senator Elmer Thomas ran for re-election to a second term. Thomas faced a crowded path to renomination, and only won the Democratic primary following a runoff election with attorney Gomer Smith. On the Republican side, oil magnate Wirt Franklin similarly won the Republican nomination in a runoff election. Thomas overwhelmingly defeated Franklin to win re-election, aided by Democratic presidential nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide win in Oklahoma over Republican President Herbert Hoover.


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