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1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

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FieldValue
election_name1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
countryPennsylvania
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1934 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
previous_year1934
next_election1946 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
next_year1946
election_dateNovember 5, 1940
image_sizex150px
image1Joseph Guffey.jpg
nominee1**Joseph F. Guffey**
party1Democratic Party (US)
popular_vote1**2,069,980**
percentage1**51.79%**
image23x4.svg
nominee2Jay Cooke
party2Republican Party (US)
popular_vote21,893,104
percentage247.36%
map_image1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania results map by county.svg
map_size260px
map_captionCounty results
**Guffey:**
**Cooke:**
titleU.S. Senator
before_electionJoseph F. Guffey
before_partyDemocratic Party (US)
after_electionJoseph F. Guffey
after_partyDemocratic Party (US)

Guffey:
Cooke:
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

Candidates

  • Joseph F. Guffey, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic)
  • Jay Cooke, businessman and chairman of the Philadelphia Republican city committee (Republican)

Results

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References

References

  1. "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 5, 1940". Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House.
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