Election Name: | 1934 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania |
Country: | Pennsylvania |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1928 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania |
Previous Year: | 1928 |
Next Election: | 1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania |
Next Year: | 1940 |
Election Date: | November 6, 1934 |
Image1: | Joseph Guffey.jpg |
Nominee1: | Joseph F. Guffey |
Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,494,010 |
Percentage1: | 50.78% |
Nominee2: | David A. Reed |
Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 1,366,872 |
Percentage2: | 46.46% |
Map Size: | 240px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | David A. Reed |
Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
After Election: | Joseph F. Guffey |
After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
The 1934 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator David A. Reed sought re-election to another term, but was defeated by Democratic nominee Joseph F. Guffey.
This was the first time Democrats won a Senate seat in the state since 1881. As of 2023, this is the last time the following counties have voted Democratic in a Senate election: Adams, Blair, Bedford, Cumberland, Franklin, Juniata, and Pike.
|-|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| colspan="3" align="right" | Totals| align="right" | 2,942,275| align="right" | 100.00%| align="right" | |}