1946 United States Senate election in Michigan

The 1946 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 5, 1946.

1946 United States Senate election in Michigan

← 1940 November 5, 1946 1952 →

Nominee Arthur Vandenberg James H. Lee Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,085,570 517,923 Percentage 67.06% 32.00%

County results Vandenberg:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election Arthur Vandenberg Republican Elected U.S. Senator Arthur Vandenberg Republican

Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg was re-elected to a fourth consecutive term in a landslide over Democrat James H. Lee.

General election

Candidates

• Hugo Beiswenger (Communist)
• Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor)
• James H. Lee, candidate for U.S. Representative in 1920 (Democratic)
• Lawrence A. Ruble (Prohibition)
• Arthur Vandenberg, incumbent Senator since 1928 (Republican)

Results

1946 U.S. Senate election in Michigan^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Arthur Vandenberg (incumbent)	1,085,570	67.06%	14.41
	Democratic	James H. Lee	517,923	32.00%	14.98
	Prohibition	Lawrence A. Ruble	8,109	0.50%	0.45
	Socialist Labor	Theos Grove	4,572	0.28%	0.24
	Communist	Hugo Beiswenger	2,546	0.16%	0.05
Total votes			1,618,720	100.00%	N/A
	Republican hold

See also

• 1946 United States Senate elections