1946 United States Senate election in Michigan

1946 United States Senate election in Michigan

November 5, 1946

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

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

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

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