^ abPrimary Election Returns of Election Held July 8, 1946 (PDF) (Report). Minnesota Legislature. 1947-01-01. (PDF) from the original on 2022-05-25.
^"Our Campaigns - MN US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1952".
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1946, united, states, senate, election, minnesota, took, place, november, 1946, first, election, either, minnesota, seats, united, states, senate, held, since, minnesota, democratic, party, farmer, labor, party, minnesota, merged, 1944, form, minnesota, democr. The 1946 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 5 1946 It was the first election to either of Minnesota s seats in the United States Senate held since the Minnesota Democratic Party and the Farmer Labor Party of Minnesota merged in 1944 to form the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party Incumbent U S Senator Henrik Shipstead was defeated in the Republican primary by Governor Edward John Thye who went on to defeat DFL challenger Theodore Jorgenson in the general election 1946 United States Senate election in Minnesota 1940 November 5 1946 1952 Nominee Edward J Thye Theodore JorgensonParty Republican Democratic DFL Popular vote 517 775 349 520Percentage 58 92 39 78 County results Thye 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Jorgenson 40 50 50 60 60 70 U S senator before electionHenrik ShipsteadRepublican Elected U S Senator Edward J ThyeRepublican Contents 1 Democratic Farmer Labor primary 1 1 Candidates 1 1 1 Declared 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 1 1 Declared 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesDemocratic Farmer Labor primary EditCandidates Edit Declared Edit Victor D Engstrom Theodore Jorgenson Frank Patrick RyanResults Edit Democratic primary election results 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic DFL Theodore Jorgenson 58 047 50 41 Democratic DFL Frank Patrick Ryan 41 278 35 85 Democratic DFL Victor D Engstrom 15 826 13 74 Total votes 115 151 100 00 Republican primary EditCandidates Edit Declared Edit Carl Krause John C Peterson W F Schilling Henrik Shipstead Incumbent U S Senator since 1923 Edward J Thye Governor of Minnesota since 1943Results Edit Republican primary election results 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Edward J Thye 238 210 57 28 Republican Henrik Shipstead Incumbent 160 619 38 62 Republican John C Peterson 10 710 2 57 Republican W F Schilling 3 524 0 85 Republican Carl Krause 2 821 0 68 Total votes 415 884 100 00 General election EditResults Edit General election results 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican Edward J Thye 517 775 58 92 Democratic DFL Theodore Jorgenson 349 520 39 78 Revolutionary Workers Grace Carlson 11 421 1 30 Independent Henrik Shipstead Incumbent 15 0 00 Total votes 878 731 100 00 Majority 168 255 19 14 Republican holdSee also EditUnited States Senate elections 1946 and 1947References Edit a b Primary Election Returns of Election Held July 8 1946 PDF Report Minnesota Legislature 1947 01 01 Archived PDF from the original on 2022 05 25 Our Campaigns MN US Senate Race Nov 04 1952 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1946 United States Senate election in Minnesota amp oldid 1127797283, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
