1944_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois Knowpia

1944 United States Senate election in Illinois
	County results; Lucas: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% ; Lyons: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Senator before election; Scott W. Lucas; Democratic	Elected Senator ; Scott W. Lucas; Democratic

The 1944 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 7, 1944^[1] to elect one of Illinois's members to the United States Senate. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Scott W. Lucas won reelection to a second term.

The race between Lucas and Republican Richard J. Lyons was a rematch of their 1938 United States Senate race six years prior.

Election information edit

The primaries and general election coincided with those for federal offices (President and House) and state elections.

Primaries were held on April 11.^[1]

Democratic primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott W. Lucas (incumbent)	532,358	100
	Write-in	Others	3	0.01
Total votes			532,361	100

Republican primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Lyons	536,030	79.02
	Republican	Deenen A. Watson	85,004	12.53
	Republican	William J. Baker	57,330	8.51
	Write-in	Others	4	0.00
Total votes			678,368	100

General election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott W. Lucas (incumbent)	2,059,023	52.61
	Republican	Richard J. Lyons	1,841,793	47.06
	Socialist Labor	Frank Schnur	7,312	0.19
	Prohibition	Enoch A. Holtwick	5,798	0.15
Total votes			3,913,926	100

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION, November 7, 1944 PRIMARY ELECTION General Primary, April 11, 1944" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved August 2, 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}