1946 United States Senate election in Michigan

The 1946 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 5, 1946.

1946 United States Senate election in Michigan

November 5, 1946
 
Nominee Arthur Vandenberg James H. Lee
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,085,570 517,923
Percentage 67.06% 32.00%

U.S. senator before election

Arthur Vandenberg
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Arthur Vandenberg
Republican

Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg was re-elected to a fourth consecutive term in a landslide over Democrat James H. Lee.

General election

Candidates

  • Hugo Beiswenger (Communist)
  • Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor)
  • James H. Lee, candidate for U.S. Representative in 1920 (Democratic)
  • Lawrence A. Ruble (Prohibition)
  • Arthur Vandenberg, incumbent Senator since 1928 (Republican)

Results

1946 U.S. Senate election in Michigan[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Arthur Vandenberg 1,085,570 67.06% 14.41
Democratic James H. Lee 517,923 32.00% 14.98
Prohibition Lawrence A. Ruble 8,109 0.50% 0.45
Socialist Labor Theos Grove 4,572 0.28% 0.24
Communist Hugo Beiswenger 2,546 0.16% 0.05
Total votes 1,618,720 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

See also

References

  1. "Our Campaigns - MI US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1946". OurCampaigns. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
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