1946 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

1946 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

← 1940 November 5, 1946 1952 →
 
Nominee Joseph McCarthy Howard J. McMurray
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 620,430 378,772
Percentage 61.28% 37.41%

County results
McCarthy:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
McMurray:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Robert La Follette, Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Joseph McCarthy
Republican

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

Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert La Follette, Jr. (who had until 1946 been a member of the Progressive Party) narrowly lost the primary election to Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy would go on to win the general election against Rep. Howard McMurray of Milwaukee in a landslide. McCarthy became the first person other than a La Follette to hold this seat since 1906.


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