A native of Idaho, Mahoney had lived in Oregon for five years before announcing his campaign for U.S. Senate against McNary, but he proved to be an aggressive opponent to the senator, at times asking crowds: "Has anybody seen from our Senior Senator lately?"[citation needed] The election was close, but McNary was reelected.
One year after his defeat, Mahoney was charged with reckless driving in an incident that killed Thomas L. Zimmerman of Shedd. But he filed for another race for U.S. Senate in 1938, and won the Democratic primary.
The reckless driving case seemed to be over by 1938, but it was reopened during the campaign, but did not affect Mahoney's campaign from moving forward, but he lost the race 55–45% to Holman, and was defeated for yet another run for the Senate in 1944, by Guy Cordon. He died in 1968.
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"Willis Mahoney Speaks in Bend", The Bend Bulletin, October 11, 1938
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