1946 U.S. Senate election results

32 races · 32 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. Senate contest in the 1946 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1946 U.S. Senate results by state
State	Winner	Result
Arizona	Ernest W. McFarland D	80,415 votes · +45,393 over Ward S. Powers
California	William F. Knowland R	1,428,067 votes · +260,906 over Will Rogers Jr.
Connecticut	Raymond E. Baldwin R	381,328 votes · +104,904 over Joseph M. Tone
Delaware	John J. Williams R	62,603 votes · +11,693 over James M. Tunnell
Florida	Spessard L. Holland D	156,232 votes · +113,819 over J. Harry Schad
Indiana	William E. Jenner R	739,809 votes · +155,521 over M. Clifford Townsend
Maine	Ralph O. Brewster R	111,215 votes · +47,416 over Peter M. Macdonald
Maryland	Herbert R. O'Conor D	229,776 votes · +1,624 over David J. Markey
Massachusetts	Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.R	989,736 votes · +329,536 over David I. Walsh
Michigan	Arthur H. Vandenberg R	1,085,570 votes · +567,647 over Edward N. Lee
Minnesota	Edward J. Thye R	517,775 votes · +168,255 over Theodore Jorgenson
Mississippi	Theodore G. Bilbo D	46,747 votes
Missouri	James P. Kem R	572,556 votes · +61,012 over Frank P. Briggs
Montana	Zales N. Ecton R	101,901 votes · +15,425 over Leif Erickson
Nebraska	Hugh A. Butler R	271,208 votes · +159,457 over John E. Mekota
Nevada	George W. Malone R	27,801 votes · +5,248 over Berkeley L. Bunker
New Jersey	H. Alexander Smith R	799,808 votes · +251,350 over George E. Brunner
New Mexico	Dennis Chavez D	68,650 votes · +4,018 over Patrick J. Hurley
New York	Irving M. Ives R	2,559,365 votes · +251,253 over Herbert H. Lehman
North Dakota	William Langer R	88,210 votes · +49,406 over Arthur E. Thompson
Ohio	John W. Bricker R	1,275,774 votes · +328,164 over James W. Huffman
Pennsylvania	Edward Martin R	1,853,458 votes · +608,120 over Joseph F. Guffey
Rhode Island	J. Howard McGrath D	150,748 votes · +27,968 over W. Gurnee Dyer
Tennessee	Kenneth D. McKellar D	145,654 votes · +88,417 over William B. Ladd
Texas	Tom Connally D	336,931 votes · +293,362 over Murray C. Sells
Utah	Arthur Watkins V R	101,142 votes · +4,885 over Abe Murdock
Vermont	Ralph E. Flanders R	54,729 votes · +36,135 over Charles P. McDevitt
Virginia	Harry F. Byrd Sr.D	163,960 votes · +86,955 over Lester S. Parsons
Washington	Harry P. Cain R	358,847 votes · +60,164 over Hugh B. Mitchell
West Virginia	Harley M. Kilgore D	273,151 votes · +3,534 over Thomas Sweeney
Wisconsin	Joseph R. McCarthy R	620,430 votes · +241,658 over Howard J. McMurray
Wyoming	Joseph C. O'Mahoney D	45,843 votes · +10,129 over Harry B. Henderson