1946 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

1946 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
	County results; Cooke: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Guffey: 40–50% 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; Joseph F. Guffey; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Edward Martin; Republican

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. This was the last time that the Republican candidate won Philadelphia in an election for the Class 1 Senate seat.

General election

Candidates

Joseph F. Guffey, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic)
Frank Knotek (Socialist Labor)
Dale H. Learn, East Stroudsburg real estate agent (Prohibition)
Edward Martin, Governor of Pennsylvania (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

^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1946" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

[results-1] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1946" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

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