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.
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 County results Thye: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Jorgenson: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary
editCandidates
editDeclared
edit- Victor D. Engstrom
- Theodore Jorgenson
- Frank Patrick Ryan
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic (DFL) | Theodore Jorgenson | 58,047 | 50.41% | |
| Democratic (DFL) | Frank Patrick Ryan | 41,278 | 35.85% | |
| Democratic (DFL) | Victor D. Engstrom | 15,826 | 13.74% | |
| Total votes | 115,151 | 100.00% | ||
Republican primary
editCandidates
editDeclared
edit- Carl Krause
- John C. Peterson
- W. F. Schilling
- Henrik Shipstead, Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1923
- Edward J. Thye, Governor of Minnesota since 1943
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Edward J. Thye | 238,210 | 57.28% | |
| Republican | Henrik Shipstead (Incumbent) | 160,619 | 38.62% | |
| Republican | John C. Peterson | 10,710 | 2.57% | |
| Republican | W. F. Schilling | 3,524 | 0.85% | |
| Republican | Carl Krause | 2,821 | 0.68% | |
| Total votes | 415,884 | 100.00% | ||
General election
editResults
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Edward J. Thye | 517,775 | 58.92% | |
| Democratic (DFL) | Theodore Jorgenson | 349,520 | 39.78% | |
| Revolutionary Workers | Grace Carlson | 11,421 | 1.30% | |
| Independent | Henrik Shipstead (Incumbent) | 15 | 0.00% | |
| Total votes | 878,731 | 100.00% | ||
| Majority | 168,255 | 19.14% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MN US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1952".