1946 United States Senate election in Wyoming

1946 United States Senate election in Wyoming

← 1940 November 5, 1946 1952 →
 
Nominee Joseph C. O'Mahoney Harry B. Henderson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 45,843 35,714
Percentage 56.21% 43.79%

County results
O'Mahoney:      50–60%      60–70%
Henderson:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Democratic

The 1946 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 5, 1946. Democratic senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney ran for re-election to a third term. In the general election, he faced Republican Harry B. Henderson, the former chairman of the Republican Party of Wyoming and a former state senator. Despite the strong performance of the Republican Party nationally, O'Mahoney's popularity was strong enough for him to win re-election yet again by a wide margin, though slightly narrower than his 1940 re-election.


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