1946 United States Senate election in Michigan

Summary

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

1946 United States Senate election in Michigan

← 1940 November 5, 1946 1952 →
 
Nominee Arthur Vandenberg James H. Lee
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,085,570 517,923
Percentage 67.06% 32.00%

County results
Vandenberg:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

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 edit

Candidates edit

  • 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 edit

1946 U.S. Senate election in Michigan[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Arthur Vandenberg (incumbent) 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 edit

References edit

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