1940 United States Senate election in California

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1940 United States Senate election in California
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Nominee Hiram Johnson Fred Dyster
Party Republican Prohibition
Alliance Democratic
Progressive
Popular vote2,238,899366,044
Percentage82.62%13.51%
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County results
Johnson:     70-80%     80-90%     >90%
U.S. senator before election

Hiram Johnson
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Hiram Johnson
Republican

The United States Senate election in California of 1940 was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Republican Senator Hiram Johnson was re-elected to his fifth term in office, though he would die in office in 1945.

Contents

By cross-filing and winning the Democratic and Progressive primaries, Johnson eliminated his strongest competition and handily won the general election with only nominal opposition from the Prohibition Party.

Primaries

Primaries were held on August 27.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Primary election results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Hiram Johnson (incumbent) 612,561 82.02%
Democratic Ellis E. Patterson 54,8347.34%
Democratic John Anson Ford 46,3106.20%
Democratic Sam Yorty 33,1424.44%
Total votes1,007,926 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Primary election results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Hiram Johnson (incumbent) 507,389 50.34%
Democratic Ellis E. Patterson 206,47920.49%
Democratic John Anson Ford 175,11017.37%
Democratic Sam Yorty 74,3327.38%
Democratic James D. Meredith26,4252.62%
Democratic Richard S. Otto18,1911.81%
Total votes746,847 100.00%

Progressive primary

Candidates

Results

Primary election results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Hiram Johnson (incumbent) 2,060 61.40%
Democratic Richard S. Otto1,29538.60%
Total votes3,355 100.00%

Prohibition primary

Candidates

  • Fred Dyster
  • Hiram Johnson, incumbent Senator (write-in)

Results

Primary election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Prohibition Fred Dyster 1,314 77.66%
Republican Hiram Johnson (incumbent) (write-in)37822.34%
Total votes1,692 100.00%

Third parties and independents

Communist

Independent

A write-in bid was launched in support of John Anson Ford.

General election

Results

1940 United States Senate election in California [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Hiram Johnson (incumbent) 2,238,899 82.62% Decrease2.svg12.04
Prohibition Fred Dyster366,04413.51%N/A
Communist Anita Whitney 97,4783.60%N/A
Independent John Anson Ford (write-in)7,4150.27%N/A
Total votes2,709,836 100.00%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CA US Senate – R Primary, 1940". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  2. ↑ "CA US Senate – D Primary, 1940". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  3. ↑ "CA US Senate – PR Primary, 1940". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  4. ↑ "CA US Senate – PR Primary, 1940". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  5. ↑ "CA US Senate, 1940". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
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