1946 United States Senate election in Minnesota

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1946 United States Senate election in Minnesota
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  1940 November 5, 1946 1952  
  EdwardThye.jpg Theodore Jorgenson Edit.jpg
Nominee Edward J. Thye Theodore Jorgenson
Party Republican Democratic (DFL)
Popular vote517,775349,520
Percentage58.92%39.78%

1946 United States Senate election in Minnesota results map by county.svg
County results
Thye:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Jorgenson:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Henrik Shipstead
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Edward J. Thye
Republican

The 1946 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 1946. It was the first election to either of Minnesota's seats in the United States Senate held since the Minnesota Democratic Party and the Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota merged in 1944, to form the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. Incumbent U.S. Senator Henrik Shipstead was defeated in the Republican primary by Governor Edward John Thye, who went on to defeat DFL challenger Theodore Jorgenson in the general election.

Contents

Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Victor D. Engstrom
  • Theodore Jorgenson
  • Frank Patrick Ryan

Results

Democratic primary election results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic (DFL) Theodore Jorgenson 58,047 50.41%
Democratic (DFL) Frank Patrick Ryan41,27835.85%
Democratic (DFL) Victor D. Engstrom15,82613.74%
Total votes115,151 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Republican primary election results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Edward J. Thye 238,210 57.28%
Republican Henrik Shipstead (Incumbent)160,61938.62%
Republican John C. Peterson10,7102.57%
Republican W. F. Schilling3,5240.85%
Republican Carl Krause2,8210.68%
Total votes415,884 100.00%

General election

Results

General election results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Edward J. Thye 517,775 58.92%
Democratic (DFL) Theodore Jorgenson349,52039.78%
Revolutionary Workers Grace Carlson 11,4211.30%
Independent Henrik Shipstead (Incumbent)150.00%
Total votes878,731 100.00%
Majority168,25519.14%
Republican hold

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Primary Election Returns of Election Held July 8, 1946 (PDF) (Report). Minnesota Legislature. January 1, 1947. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2022.
  2. "Our Campaigns - MN US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1952".