Battle of Backbone Mountain

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The 1942 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democratic Senator Carter Glass defeated Socialist Lawrence S. Wilkes and was elected to his fifth term in office.

Results

United States Senate election in Virginia, 1942[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Carter Glass (inc.) 79,421 91.08% +0.58%
Socialist Lawrence S. Wilkes 5,690 6.53% +6.53%
Communist Alice Burke 2,041 2.34% -1.00%
Write-ins 48 <0.01% -0.07%
Majority 73,731 84.55% -2.40%
Turnout 87,200
Democratic hold

References

  1. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1942" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 32.

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