United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1946

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United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1946

← 1940 November 5, 1946 1952 →
  EdwardMartinPA.jpg Joseph Guffey.jpg
Nominee Edward Martin Joseph F. Guffey
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,853,458 1,245,338
Percentage 59.3% 39.8%

U.S. senator before election

Joseph F. Guffey
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Edward Martin
Republican

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1946 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey sought re-election to another term, but was defeated by Republican nominee Edward Martin.

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Edward Martin 1,853,458 59.26% +11.90%
Democratic Joseph F. Guffey (inc.) 1,245,338 39.81% -11.98%
Prohibition Dale H. Learn 17,451 0.56% +0.28%
Socialist Labor Frank Knotek 11,613 0.37% +0.31%
Totals 3,127,860 100.00%

References

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