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Pierce lost re-election in 1926 to Republican Isaac L. Patterson by twelve points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263434 OR Governor Race - Nov 02, 1926]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref>
Pierce lost re-election in 1926 to Republican Isaac L. Patterson by twelve points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=263434 OR Governor Race - Nov 02, 1926]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref>
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===U.S. House of Representatives===
===U.S. House of Representatives===
After unsuccessfully running for the House of Representatives in 1928,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=454030 OR - District 02 Race - Nov 06, 1928]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=454029 OR - District 02 Special Election Race - Nov 06, 1928]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> he was elected in the 1932 Democrat landslide.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=454692 OR - District 02 Race - Nov 08, 1932]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> An adamant [[New Deal]]er who supported big government policies,<ref name=oregonencyclopediabio/> he was re-elected five times before losing re-election in the [[1942 Midterm Elections]] by over twenty points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=100712 Candidate - Walter M. Pierce]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref>
After unsuccessfully running for the House of Representatives in 1928,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=454030 OR - District 02 Race - Nov 06, 1928]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=454029 OR - District 02 Special Election Race - Nov 06, 1928]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> he was elected in the 1932 Democrat landslide.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=454692 OR - District 02 Race - Nov 08, 1932]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref> An adamant [[New Deal]]er who supported big government policies,<ref name=oregonencyclopediabio/> he was re-elected five times before losing re-election in the [[1942 Midterm Elections]] by over twenty points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=100712 Candidate - Walter M. Pierce]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 3, 2021.</ref>