1940 United States Senate election in Florida

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1936 U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Florida
Flag of Florida (1900-1985).svg
  1936 (special) May 28, 1940 1946  
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Nominee Charles O. Andrews Jerry W. Carter
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote312,29330.59
Percentage69.4%30.6%

1940 US Senate Democratic Primary Runoff in Florida.svg
Andrews:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Carter:      50–60%     60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Charles O. Andrews
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Charles O. Andrews
Democratic

The 1940 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 5, 1940.

Contents

Incumbent Senator Charles O. Andrews failed to achieve a majority in the May 7 primary election, but defeated Jerry W. Carter easily in a run-off on May 28. Andrews won the November general election without an opponent.

Background

Incumbent Senator Charles O. Andrews was first elected in a special 1936 election to complete the unexpired term of Park Trammell.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Results by county:
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Andrews
<30%
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Carter
<30%
30-40%
Macfadden
<30%
30-40%
Cone
<30%
30-40%
40-50%
50-60% 1940 US Senate Democratic Primary election in Florida.svg
Results by county:
  Andrews
  •   <30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Carter
  •   <30%
  •   30–40%
  Macfadden
  •   <30%
  •   30–40%
  Cone
  •   <30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
1940 Democratic U.S. Senate primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charles O. Andrews (incumbent)179,19540.92%
Democratic Jerry W. Carter80,86918.47%
Democratic Bernarr Macfadden 14,55316.32%
Democratic Fred P. Cone 68,58415.66%
Democratic Charles Francis Coe33,4637.64%
Democratic O. B. Hazen4,3701.00%
Total votes437,968 100.00%

Runoff

1940 Democratic U.S. Senate runoff [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charles O. Andrews (incumbent) 312,293 69.41%
Democratic Jerry W. Carter137,64130.59%
Total votes449,934 100.00%

General election

Results

County results
Andrews:      90-100% 1940 United States Senate Election in Florida by County.svg
County results
Andrews:     90-100%
General election results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Charles O. Andrews (incumbent) 323,216 100.00% Increase2.svg19.10
Total votes323,216 100.00%

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References

  1. "FL US Senate - D Primary" . Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. "FL US Senate - D Runoff" . Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. "FL US Senate Race". OurCampaigns. Retrieved August 10, 2020.