1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
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The 1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey successfully sought re-election to another term, defeating the Republican nominee, Jay Cooke.
As of 2023, this is the last time that Mifflin County and Montour County voted Democratic in a Senate election. This was also the last time until 1991 that Democrats won this Senate seat, and the last until 2006 that they were elected to this seat for a full term.
General election
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Joseph F. Guffey, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic)
- Jay Cooke (Republican)
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Joseph F. Guffey (inc.) | 2,069,980 | 51.79% | ![]() | |
Republican | Jay Cooke | 1,893,104 | 47.36% | ![]() | |
Socialist | David H.H. Felix | 15,449 | 0.39% | ![]() | |
Prohibition | H. B. Mansell | 11,113 | 0.28% | ![]() | |
Communist | Carl Reeve | 4,761 | 0.12% | ![]() | |
Socialist Labor | Frank Knotek | 2,503 | 0.06% | ![]() | |
Write-in | 110 | 0.00% | ![]() | ||
Totals | 3,997,020 | 100.00% |
References
[edit]- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 5, 1940" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved July 9, 2014.