1940 United States Senate election in Michigan

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November 5, 1940

1946 →


Nominee	Arthur Vandenberg	Frank FitzGerald
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,053,104	939,740
Percentage	52.65%	46.98%

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Arthur Vandenberg
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Arthur Vandenberg
Republican

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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

Candidates

Bowen R. Gover, perennial candidate
Arthur Vandenberg, incumbent Senator since 1928

Results

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

Candidates

Sid A. Erwin
Frank FitzGerald, Wayne County Circuit Court Commissioner
Michael J. Hart, U.S. Representative from Saginaw
Ralph W. Liddy
Louis B. Ward, editor of Social Justice and candidate for Senate in 1936

Results

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

Results

1940 U.S. Senate election in Michigan^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Arthur Vandenberg (incumbent)	1,053,104	52.65%	1.33
	Democratic	Frank FitzGerald	939,740	46.98%	0.05
	Socialist	Nahum Burnett	3,580	0.18%	0.69
	Prohibition	Carroll P. Pahman	937	0.05%	N/A
	Socialist Labor	Theos A. Grove	691	0.04%	0.04
	Communist	Elmer G. Johnson	2,290	0.11%	0.35
Total votes			2,000,342	100.00%	N/A
	Republican hold

References

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

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