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1940 United States Senate election in Michigan

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1940 United States Senate election in Michigan

← 1934 November 5, 1940 1946 →
 
Nominee Arthur Vandenberg Frank FitzGerald
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,053,104 939,740
Percentage 52.65% 46.98%

County results
Vandenberg:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
FitzGerald:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Arthur Vandenberg
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Arthur Vandenberg
Republican

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

Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg was re-elected to a third consecutive term over Democratic judge Frank FitzGerald.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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1940 Republican U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Arthur Vandenberg (incumbent) 467,314 89.88%
Republican Bowen R. Gover 52,645 10.13%
Total votes 519,959 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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1940 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank FitzGerald 209,809 63.22%
Democratic Michael J. Hart 38,658 11.65%
Democratic Louis B. Ward 37,258 11.23%
Democratic Ralph W. Liddy 27,498 8.29%
Democratic Sid A. Erwin 18,629 5.61%
Total votes 331,852 100.00%

General election

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Results

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1940 U.S. Senate election in Michigan[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Arthur Vandenberg (incumbent) 1,053,104 52.65% Increase1.33
Democratic Frank FitzGerald 939,740 46.98% Decrease0.05
Socialist Nahum Burnett 3,580 0.18% Decrease0.69
Prohibition Carroll P. Pahman 937 0.05% N/A
Socialist Labor Theos A. Grove 691 0.04% Decrease0.04
Communist Elmer G. Johnson 2,290 0.11% Decrease0.35
Total votes 2,000,342 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - MI US Senate - R Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - MI US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - MI US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1940". OurCampaigns. Retrieved December 27, 2020.