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1938 New Jersey U.S. Senate Special
New Jersey · 2 candidates
Barbour +7.3 pts · won by 112,508 votes
William Warren BarbourRepublicanWINNER52.98%
816,667 votes
William H. J. ElyDemocratic45.68%
704,159 votes
A special election fills a Senate seat that came open mid-term. Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).