1946 United States Senate election in Washington
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The 1946 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Democrat Hugh Mitchell, who had been appointed to fill the unexpired term of Monrad Wallgren, ran for a full term in office, but was defeated by Republican Mayor of Tacoma Harry Cain.
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Blanket primary
editCandidates
editDemocratic
edit- Sam C. Herren
- Russell Fluent, Washington State Treasurer
- Hugh Mitchell, interim U.S. Senator since 1945
Republican
edit- Harry Cain, Mayor of Tacoma
- J. Parkhurst Douglass
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Harry Cain | 158,596 | 43.88% | |
| Democratic | Hugh Mitchell (incumbent) | 134,286 | 37.15% | |
| Democratic | Russell H. Fluent | 35,758 | 9.89% | |
| Republican | Ed F. Oldfield | 21,017 | 5.82% | |
| Republican | Sam C. Herren | 11,789 | 3.26% | |
| Total votes | 361,446 | 100.00% | ||
General election
editResults
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Harry Cain | 358,847 | 54.34% |  8.50
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| Democratic | Hugh Mitchell (incumbent) | 298,683 | 45.23% |  8.93
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| Socialist Labor | Harry Morton | 2,297 | 0.35% | N/A | |
| Socialist Workers | Charles R. Swett | 515 | 0.08% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 660,342 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Elections Search Results - July 1946 Primary". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1946" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved April 3, 2021.