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1940 United States Senate election in Indiana 
Summary
The 1940 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Sherman Minton ran for re-election to a second term, but lost narrowly to Republican Raymond E. Willis.
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 County results Willis: 50–60% 60–70% Minton: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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General election edit
Candidates edit
- John H. Kingsbury (Socialist)
- Sherman Minton, incumbent Senator since 1935 (Democratic)
- Carl W. Thompson (Prohibition)
- Raymond E. Willis, former State Representative from Angola and nominee for Senate in 1938 (Republican)
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Raymond E. Willis | 888,070 | 50.45% |  2.97
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| Democratic | Sherman Minton (incumbent) | 864,803 | 49.13% |  2.33
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| Prohibition | Carl W. Thompson | 5,621 | 0.32% | 0.02
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| Socialist | John H. Kingsbury | 1,751 | 0.10% | 0.54
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| Total votes | 1,760,245 | 100.00% | |||
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (1941). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Our Campaigns – IN US Senate Race – Nov 05, 1940". www.ourcampaigns.com.