1944_United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa

1944 United States Senate election in Iowa

1944 United States Senate election in Iowa

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The 1944 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Democratic Senator Guy M. Gillette ran for a second full term in office but was defeated by Republican Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper.

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Primary elections were held on June 5.

Gillette would be elected to Iowa's other Senate seat four years later and the two men would serve together as colleagues from 1949 to 1955.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Guy M. Gillette, incumbent Senator since 1936
  • Ernest J. Seemann, perennial candidate

Results

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General election

Candidates

Results

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Iowa State Register, 1945–46. pp. 263–64.
  2. [2]
    "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1944". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  3. [3]
    Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1945). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1944" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  4. [4]
    Leip, David. "1944 Senatorial General Election Results - Iowa". US Election Atlas. David Leip's Election Atlas. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
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