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The 1944 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Democratic Senator Guy M. Gillette ran for a second full term in office but was defeated by Republican Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper.

Primary elections were held on June 5.

Gillette would be elected to Iowa's other Senate seat four years later and the two men would serve together as colleagues from 1949 to 1955.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Guy M. Gillette, incumbent Senator since 1936
  • Ernest J. Seemann, perennial candidate

Results

1944 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Guy M. Gillette (incumbent) 36,923 82.93%
Democratic Ernest J. Seemann 7,598 17.07%
Total votes 44,521 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

1944 U.S. Senate election in Iowa[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bourke B. Hickenlooper 523,963 51.28% Increase 1.87
Democratic Guy M. Gillette (incumbent) 494,229 48.37% Decrease 1.37
Prohibition W.S. Bowden 2,751 0.27% Increase 0.17
Socialist C.W. Drescher 744 0.07% N/A
Total votes 1,021,687 100.00%

See also

References

  1. ^ Iowa State Register, 1945–46. pp. 263–64.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1944". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  3. ^ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1945). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1944" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  4. ^ Leip, David. "1944 Senatorial General Election Results - Iowa". US Election Atlas. David Leip's Election Atlas. Retrieved May 20, 2022.