1946 United States Senate elections

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1946 United States Senate elections were held November 5, 1946, in the middle of Democratic President Harry S. Truman's first term after Roosevelt's passing. The 32 seats of Class 1 were contested in regular elections, and four special elections were held to fill vacancies. The Republicans took control of the Senate by picking up twelve seats, mostly from the Democrats. This was the first time since 1932 that the Republicans had held the Senate, recovering from a low of 16 seats following the 1936 Senate elections.

The vote was largely seen as a referendum on Truman, whose approval rating had sunk to 32%<ref>Leuchtenburg, William E. (November 2006). "New Faces of 1946: An unpopular president. A war-weary people. In the midterm elections of 60 years ago, voters took aim at incumbents". Smithsonian (magazine). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. p. 2 of 5. Retrieved May 12, 2009. "On October 14, scarcely more than three weeks before midterm elections, Truman bit the bullet. Even when his approval rating dropped to 32 percent, he had told reporters that controls were indispensable. On this night, however, speaking to the largest radio audience since the end of the war, Truman lashed out at "the few men in Congress who, in the service of selfish interests, have been determined for some time to wreck price controls no matter what the cost might be to our people." Then he stunned the nation by announcing that he was lifting controls on meat. With the lid off, prices skyrocketed. The New York Daily News headlined: PRICES SOAR, BUYERS SORE/STEERS JUMP OVER THE MOON. Brickbats flew at the president. "Brother," said Ohio's Clarence J. Brown, chair of the Republican Congressional Committee, "the tide is sweepin' our way.""</ref> over the president's controversial handling of a wave of post-war labor strikes, such as a nationwide railroad strike in May, at a time when Americans depended on train service for both commuter and long-distance travel. Just as damaging was Truman's back-and-forth over whether to end unpopular wartime price controls to handle shortages, particularly in foodstuffs. For example, price controls on beef had led to a "hamburger famine," but when Truman, in a surprise move, lifted the controls on October 14—just weeks before the election—meat prices shot up to record levels.Template:Citation needed

This is only one of two occasions in U.S. history that 10 or more Senate seats changed hands in a midterm election (the other being in 1958), and also one of five occasions where 10 or more Senate seats changed hands in any election, with the other occasions being in 1920, 1932, 1958, and 1980.

The president's lack of popular support is widely seen as the reason for the Democrats' congressional defeat, the largest since they were trounced in the 1928 pro-Republican wave that brought Herbert Hoover to power.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> And for the first time since before the Great Depression, Republicans were seen as the party which could best handle the American economy.

However, the Republicans also benefited from what today would be called "a good map," meaning that of the one-third of Senate seats up for election, the majority were held by Democrats. Besides the Republicans being able to hold onto all of their seats, this was the party's largest senate gain since 1920.

Results summary

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Democratic	Republican

Colored shading indicates party with largest share of that row.

Parties		Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Template:Party color cell	Total
		Democratic	Republican	Other
Last elections (1944)		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 57	38	1	96
Before these elections		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 56	39	1	96
Not up		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 32	28	0	60
Up		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 24	11	1	36
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 21	10	1	32
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 3	1	—	4
Incumbent retired		4	4	—	8
	Template:Small	3	Template:Party shading/Republican | 4	—	7
	Template:Small	colspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease1 Democrat replaced by Template:Increase1 Republican	—	1
	Template:Small	3	Template:Party shading/Republican | 5	0	8
Incumbent ran		Template:Party shading/Democratic | 20	7	1	28
	Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic | 9	6	0	16
	Template:Small	colspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease7 Democrats replaced by Template:Increase 7 Republicans	—	7
	Template:Small	1	1	—	2
	Template:Small	colspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Decrease3 Democrats replaced by Template:Increase 3 Republicans Template:Decrease1 Progressive replaced by Template:Increase 1 Republican	4
	Template:Small	10	Template:Party shading/Republican | 18	0	28
Total elected		13	Template:Party shading/Republican | 23	0	36
Net change		Template:Decrease11	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Increase12	Template:Decrease1	12
Nationwide vote		12,062,433	Template:Party shading/Republican | 15,489,926	1,142,765	28,695,124
	Share	42.04%	Template:Party shading/Republican | 53.98%	3.98%	100%
Result		45	Template:Party shading/Republican | 51	0	96

Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives<ref name=Clerk>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Gains, losses, and holds

Retirements

Three Republicans and five Democrats retired instead of seeking re-election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Alabama (special)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Connecticut	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Indiana	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Kentucky (special)	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
New York	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Ohio	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Rhode Island	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Virginia (special)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname

Defeats

One Republican, one Progressive, and ten Democrats sought re-election but lost in the primary or general election.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Delaware	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Idaho (special)	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Maryland	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
Massachusetts	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Minnesota	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Missouri	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Montana	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Nevada	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Pennsylvania	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Utah	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Washington	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Wisconsin	Template:Party shading/Progressive | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname

Post election changes

State	Senator	Replaced by
Louisiana	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname
South Dakota	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Sortname
Mississippi	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Template:Sortname

Change in composition

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Election results

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Key	align=center width=35px Template:Party shading/Democratic | D# Democratic align=center width=35px Template:Party shading/Progressive | P# Progressive align=center width=35px Template:Party shading/Republican | R# Republican

Race summaries

Special elections during the 79th Congress

In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1946, ordered by election date, then state.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
North Dakota (Class 3)	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1945 Template:Small	Interim appointee elected June 25, 1946.	Template:Plainlist
Alabama (Class 2)	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1946 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 5, 1946. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
California (Class 1)	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1945 Template:Small	Interim appointee elected November 5, 1946. Winner also elected to next term; see below.	Template:Plainlist
Connecticut (Class 1)	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1945 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 5, 1946. Republican hold. Winner also elected to next term; see below.	Template:Plainlist
Idaho (Class 2)	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1945 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican | Interim appointee lost nomination. New senator elected November 5, 1946. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Kentucky (Class 2)	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1945 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 5, 1946. Republican hold.	Template:Plainlist
Ohio (Class 1)	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1945 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 5, 1946. Republican gain. Winner was not elected to the next term; see below.	Template:Plainlist
Virginia (Class 2)	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1946 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected November 5, 1946. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist

Races leading to the 80th Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1947; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Arizona	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
California	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1945 Template:Small	Interim appointee elected. Winner also elected to finish term; see above.	Template:Plainlist
Connecticut	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1945 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. Winner also elected to finish term; see above.	Template:Plainlist
Delaware	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1940	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Florida	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1946 Template:Small	Interim appointee elected.	Template:Plainlist
Indiana	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1940	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Template:Plainlist
Maine	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Maryland	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1934 1940	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
Massachusetts	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1918 [[1924 United States Senate election in Massachusetts|1924 Template:Small]] [[1926 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts|1926 Template:Small]] 1928 1934 1940	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Michigan	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1928 United States Senate special election in Michigan|1928 Template:Small]] 1928 1934 1940	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Minnesota	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1922 1928 1934 1940	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Template:Plainlist
Mississippi	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1934 1940	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Missouri	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1945 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Montana	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1922 1928 1934 1940	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Nebraska	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Nevada	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1945 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
New Jersey	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	[[1944 United States Senate special election in New Jersey|1944 Template:Small]]	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
New Mexico	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1935 Template:Small [[1936 United States Senate special election in New Mexico|1936 Template:Small]] 1940	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
New York	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1940	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent retired to run for New York Governor. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
North Dakota	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Ohio	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1945 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican | Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Republican gain. Winner was not elected to finish the term; see above.	Template:Plainlist
Pennsylvania	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1934 1940	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Rhode Island	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1934 1940	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
Tennessee	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1916 1922 1928 1934 1940	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Texas	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1928 1934 1940	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Utah	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1940	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Vermont	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	1946 Template:Small	Interim appointee elected.	Template:Plainlist
Virginia	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1933 Template:Small [[1933 United States Senate special election in Virginia|1933 Template:Small]] 1934 1940	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Washington	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1945 Template:Small	Template:Party shading/Republican | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected. Republican gain. Incumbent resigned December 25, 1946. Winner appointed December 26, 1946, to finish term.	Template:Plainlist
West Virginia	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1940	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Wisconsin	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Progressive | Progressive	[[1925 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin|1925 Template:Small]] 1928 1934 1940	Template:Party shading/Republican | Incumbent lost renomination as a Republican. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Wyoming	Template:Sortname	Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	1933 Template:Small 1934 1940	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist

Closest races

Ten races had a margin of victory under 10%:

State	Party of winner	Margin
Maryland	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	0.4%
West Virginia	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	0.6%
Utah	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	2.4%
New Mexico	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic	3.0%
New York	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	5.0%
Missouri	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	5.6%Template:Efn
Kentucky	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	6.8%
Montana	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	8.1%
Washington	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican (flip)	9.1%
California	data-sort-value=-0.5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican	9.9%

Alabama (special)

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Arizona

Template:Infobox election {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:See also Incumbent Democrat Ernest McFarland ran for re-election to a second term, easily defeating Republican Ward S. Powers in the general election.

California

California (special)

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California (regular)

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Connecticut

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:See also There were 2 elections for the same seat due to the January 16, 1945, death of Democrat Francis T. Maloney. Republican Thomas C. Hart was appointed February 15, 1945, to continue the term, pending a special election. Republican Governor of Connecticut Raymond E. Baldwin won both elections, but resigned only three years after the election to become a state judge.

Connecticut (regular)

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Connecticut (special)

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Delaware

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Florida

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Indiana

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Kentucky (special)

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

Template:Infobox election {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:See also Republican Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. defeated incumbent David I. Walsh.

Michigan

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

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Missouri

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Montana

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Nebraska

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New Jersey

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New York

Template:Infobox election {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:See also The New York state election was held on November 5, 1946.

The Socialist Labor state convention met on April 7 and nominated Eric Hass for the U.S.Senate.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The party filed a petition to nominate candidates under the name "Industrial Government Party."

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The Socialist Workers Party filed a petition to nominate candidates headed by Farrell Dobbs for Governor.

The Industrial Government, Socialist and Socialist Workers tickets were not allowed on the ballot because of "defective nominating petitions." The Court of Appeals upheld the decisions of the lower courts.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The whole Republican ticket was elected in a landslide.

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• "Blank, void and scattering" votes: 178,694

North Dakota

North Dakota (regular)

Template:Infobox election {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} First-term Republican William Langer was re-elected to a second term. Langer would be re-elected twice more, serving until his 1959 death.

North Dakota (special)

Template:Infobox election {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Newly-elected Democrat John Moses had died March 3, 1945, and Republican state senator Milton Young was appointed March 12, 1945, to continue the term, pending a special election. Young was elected June 25, 1946, to finish the term that would end in 1951. Young would go on to be elected 5 more times, serving until his 1981 retirement.

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Ohio

Template:See also There were 2 elections to the same seat due to the September 30, 1945, resignation of Republican Harold H. Burton.

Democrat James W. Huffman was appointed to continue the term, pending a special election in which Huffman was not a candidate. Huffman was, however, nominated to the regular election,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which he lost.

Ohio (special)

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Senator Kingsley A. Taft

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Ohio (regular)

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Pennsylvania

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Tennessee

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Texas

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Vermont

Template:Infobox election {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:See also Incumbent Republican Ralph Flanders successfully ran for re-election to a full term in the United States Senate, defeating Democratic candidate Charles P. McDevitt.

Virginia

Virginia (regular)

Template:Infobox election {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Incumbent Harry F. Byrd Sr. was re-elected to a fourth term after defeating Republican Lester S. Parsons.

Virginia (special)

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Appointed Democrat Thomas G. Burch retired after filling the vacancy caused by the May 28, 1946, death of Democrat Carter Glass. Democrat Absalom Willis Robertson defeated Republican Robert H. Woods and was elected to finish Glass's term.

Washington

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Wisconsin

Template:Infobox election {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:See also Three-term incumbent Republican Robert La Follette Jr. lost renomination to Joseph McCarthy, who then won the general election.

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Wyoming

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See also

• 1946 United States elections
  • 1946 United States gubernatorial elections
  • 1946 United States House of Representatives elections
• 79th United States Congress
• 80th United States Congress

References

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