Jump to content

1958 United States Senate election in Ohio

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Monkbot (talk | contribs) at 13:05, 17 January 2021 (Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 2 templates: hyphenate params (2×);). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

1958 United States Senate election in Ohio

← 1952 November 4, 1958 1964 →
 
Nominee Stephen M. Young John W. Bricker
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,652,211 1,497,199
Percentage 52.46% 47.54%

U.S. senator before election

John W. Bricker
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Stephen M. Young
Democratic

The 1958 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 4, 1958.

Incumbent Senator John W. Bricker was defeated in his bid for a third term by U.S. Representative Stephen M. Young. This was one of a record twelve seats Democrats gained from the Republican Party in 1958.

General election

Candidates

Results

1958 U.S. Senate election in Ohio[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Stephen M. Young 1,652,211 52.46% Increase7.04
Republican John W. Bricker (incumbent) 1,497,199 47.54% Decrease7.05
Total votes 3,149,410 100.00% N/A
Democratic gain from Republican

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1958" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 31 Dec 2020.
  2. ^ "OH US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 12 August 2019.