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1944 United States Senate election in Missouri

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1944 United States Senate election in Missouri

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Nominee Forrest C. Donnell Roy McKittrick
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 778,778 776,790
Percentage 49.95% 49.82%

County results
Donnell:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
McKittrick:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Bennett Champ Clark
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Forrest C. Donnell
Republican

The 1944 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 7, 1944 in Missouri. Incumbent Democratic Senator Bennett Champ Clark was defeated in the primary by Roy McKittrick, who went on to lose the general election to Republican nominee Forrest C. Donnell. Donnell outperformed presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey, who lost the state with 48.4% of the vote in the presidential election.

Democratic primary

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Democratic primary August 1, 1944[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roy McKittrick 172,566 52.73
Democratic Bennett Champ Clark (incumbent) 154,669 47.27
Total votes 327,235 100

Republican primary

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Republican primary August 1, 1944[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Forrest C. Donnell 147,762 49.58
Republican Howard V. Stephens 64,301 21.58
Republican Charles Shaw 43,616 14.64
Republican Charles E. Rendlen 20,412 6.85
Republican Charles P. Noell 14,847 4.98
Republican William McKinley Thomas 4,284 1.44
Republican H. Grosby 2,786 0.93
Total votes 298,008 100

General election

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1944 United States Senate election in Missouri[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Forrest C. Donnell 778,778 49.95% +10.80
Democratic Roy McKittrick 776,790 49.82% −10.87
Socialist D. B. Preisler 3,320 0.21% +0.07
Socialist Labor William Wesley Cox 215 0.01% −0.01
Majority 1,988 0.13%
Turnout 1,559,103
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

References

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  1. ^ a b Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1945 - 1946. Missouri Secretary of State's Office. 1946. p. 412. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Careers of Seven Republicans Seeking Nomination for U.S. Senate in Coming Primary". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. July 15, 1944. p. 5A. Retrieved December 12, 2022 – via State Historical Society of Missouri.
  3. ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (March 1, 1945). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 21.