The 1940 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 5, 1940.
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 County results Vandenberg: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% FitzGerald: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg was re-elected to a third consecutive term over Democratic judge Frank FitzGerald.
Republican primary edit
Candidates edit
- Bowen R. Gover, perennial candidate
- Arthur Vandenberg, incumbent Senator since 1928
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Arthur Vandenberg (incumbent) | 467,314 | 89.88% | |
| Republican | Bowen R. Gover | 52,645 | 10.13% | |
| Total votes | 519,959 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
- Sid A. Erwin
- Frank FitzGerald, Wayne County Circuit Court Commissioner
- Michael J. Hart, U.S. Representative from Saginaw
- Ralph W. Liddy
- Louis B. Ward, editor of Social Justice and candidate for Senate in 1936
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Frank FitzGerald | 209,809 | 63.22% | |
| Democratic | Michael J. Hart | 38,658 | 11.65% | |
| Democratic | Louis B. Ward | 37,258 | 11.23% | |
| Democratic | Ralph W. Liddy | 27,498 | 8.29% | |
| Democratic | Sid A. Erwin | 18,629 | 5.61% | |
| Total votes | 331,852 | 100.00% | ||
General election edit
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Arthur Vandenberg (incumbent) | 1,053,104 | 52.65% |  1.33
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| Democratic | Frank FitzGerald | 939,740 | 46.98% |  0.05
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| Socialist | Nahum Burnett | 3,580 | 0.18% | 0.69
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| Prohibition | Carroll P. Pahman | 937 | 0.05% | N/A | |
| Socialist Labor | Theos A. Grove | 691 | 0.04% | 0.04
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| Communist | Elmer G. Johnson | 2,290 | 0.11% | 0.35
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| Total votes | 2,000,342 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Republican hold | |||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MI US Senate - R Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MI US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MI US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1940". OurCampaigns. Retrieved December 27, 2020.