1940 United States Senate election in Texas

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1940 United States Senate election in Texas
← 1934 November 5, 1940 1946 →
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Nominee Tom Connally George Shannon
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 978,095 59,340
Percentage 94.24% 5.72%
U.S. senator before election

Tom Connally
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Tom Connally
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1940 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Connally was re-elected to his third term in office, with only minor opposition in the Democratic primary and general elections.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • A. P. Belcher
  • Tom Connally, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1929
  • Guy B. Fisher

Results

1940 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tom Connally (incumbent) 923,219 84.83%
Democratic Guy B. Fisher 98,125 9.02%
Democratic A.P. Belcher 66,962 6.15%
Total votes 1,088,306 100.00%

General election

Results

1940 United States Senate election in Texas[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tom Connally (incumbent) 978,095 94.24% Decrease2.45
Republican George I. Shannon 59,340 5.72% Increase2.92
Communist Homer Brooks 408 0.04% Decrease0.03
Total votes 1,037,843 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also

References

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