The 1944 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 7, 1944 in Missouri. Incumbent Democratic Senator Bennett Champ Clark was defeated in the primary by Roy McKittrick, who went on to lose the general election to Republican nominee Forrest C. Donnell. Donnell outperformed presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey, who lost the state with 48.4% of the vote in the presidential election.
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County results Donnell: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% McKittrick: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Roy McKittrick | 172,566 | 52.73 | |
Democratic | Bennett Champ Clark (incumbent) | 154,669 | 47.27 | |
Total votes | 327,235 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Forrest C. Donnell | 147,762 | 49.58 | |
Republican | Howard V. Stephens | 64,301 | 21.58 | |
Republican | Charles Shaw | 43,616 | 14.64 | |
Republican | Charles E. Rendlen | 20,412 | 6.85 | |
Republican | Charles P. Noell | 14,847 | 4.98 | |
Republican | William McKinley Thomas | 4,284 | 1.44 | |
Republican | H. Grosby | 2,786 | 0.93 | |
Total votes | 298,008 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Forrest C. Donnell | 778,778 | 49.95% | +10.80 | |
Democratic | Roy McKittrick | 776,790 | 49.82% | -10.87 | |
Socialist | D. B. Preisler | 3,320 | 0.21% | +0.07 | |
Socialist Labor | William Wesley Cox | 215 | 0.01% | -0.01 | |
Majority | 1,988 | 0.13% | |||
Turnout | 1,559,103 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing |