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. 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. Republican primary Candidates Joe Crail, U.S. Representative from Inglewood Samuel Morgan Shortridge, incumbent Senator Robert P. Shuler, Southern Methodist evangelist preacher (cross-filing) Tallant Tubbs, state legislator Leo V. Youngworth Results Democratic primary Candidates P.M. Abbott Annie Hale William Gibbs McAdoo, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and candidate for President in 1920 and 1924 M. J. McCarthy Robert P. Shuler, Southern Methodist evangelist preacher (cross-filing) Justus S. Wardell, nominee for Governor in 1926 Results General election Results See also 1932 United States Senate elections References 1932 California elections California 1932