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The 1946 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 5, 1946.
Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg was re-elected to a fourth consecutive term in a landslide over Democrat James H. Lee.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Arthur Vandenberg (incumbent) | 1,085,570 | 67.06% |  14.41 | |
| Democratic | James H. Lee | 517,923 | 32.00% |  14.98 | |
| Prohibition | Lawrence A. Ruble | 8,109 | 0.50% | 0.45 | |
| Socialist Labor | Theos Grove | 4,572 | 0.28% | 0.24 | |
| Communist | Hugo Beiswenger | 2,546 | 0.16% | 0.05 | |
| Total votes | 1,618,720 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Republican hold | |||||
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