1944 United States Senate election in Iowa

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1944 United States Senate election in Iowa
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  1938 November 7, 1944 1950  
  HICKENLOOPER, BOURKE. SENATOR. PORTRAIT LCCN2016870828 (cropped).jpg Guy Mark Gillette.jpg
Nominee Bourke B. Hickenlooper Guy M. Gillette
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote523,963494,229
Percentage51.28%48.37%

1944 United States Senate election in Iowa results map by county.svg
Hickenlooper:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Gillette:      40–50%     50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Guy M. Gillette
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Republican

The 1944 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Democratic Senator Guy M. Gillette ran for a second full term in office but was defeated by Republican Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper.

Contents

Primary elections were held on June 5.

Gillette would be elected to Iowa's other Senate seat four years later and the two men would serve together as colleagues from 1949 to 1955.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1944 Democratic U.S. Senate primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Guy M. Gillette (incumbent) 36,923 82.93%
Democratic Ernest J. Seemann7,59817.07%
Total votes44,521 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

1944 U.S. Senate election in Iowa [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Bourke B. Hickenlooper 523,963 51.28% Increase2.svg 1.87
Democratic Guy M. Gillette (incumbent)494,22948.37%Decrease2.svg 1.37
Prohibition W.S. Bowden2,7510.27%Increase2.svg 0.17
Socialist C.W. Drescher7440.07%N/A
Total votes1,021,687 100.00%

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References

  1. Iowa State Register, 1945–46. pp. 263–64.
  2. "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1944". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  3. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1945). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1944" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  4. Leip, David. "1944 Senatorial General Election Results - Iowa". US Election Atlas. David Leip's Election Atlas. Retrieved May 20, 2022.