1954_United_States_Senate_election_in_Michigan Knowpia

1954 United States Senate election in Michigan
	County results; McNamara: 50–60% 60–70%; Ferguson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
U.S. senator before election; Homer S. Ferguson; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Patrick V. McNamara; Democratic

The 1954 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 2, 1954. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Homer S. Ferguson ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by the Democratic Detroit Board of Education member Patrick V. McNamara.

Democratic primary edit

The campaign was cut short abruptly when Blair Moody died of a heart attack fourteen days before the August 3 primary.^[1]

1954 Democratic Senate primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick V. McNamara	226,686	64.21%
	Democratic	Blair Moody (deceased)	126,335	35.78%
Total votes			353,046	100.00%

1954 U.S. Senate election in Michigan^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Patrick V. McNamara	1,088,550	50.75%	2.24
	Republican	Homer S. Ferguson (incumbent)	1,049,420	48.93%	1.75
	Prohibition	Leroy M. Lowell	4,841	0.23%	0.36
	Socialist Labor	James Sim	1,126	0.05%	0.02
	Socialist Workers	Rita Shaw	902	0.04%	0.03
	Write-in		1	0.00%
Total votes			2,144,840	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

^ United States Congress. "1954 United States Senate election in Michigan (id: M000878)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "Our Campaigns: MI U.S. Senate - D Primary". Our Campaigns.
^ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1954). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1954" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
^ "Our Campaigns: MI U.S. Senate". Our Campaigns.