The 1948 United States Senate election in Colorado took place on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Democratic Senator Edwin C. Johnson was re-elected to third term in a landslide over Republican Will Nicholson, a businessman and Air Force veteran, winning every county in the state.
Johnson outperformed fellow Democrat Harry S. Truman in the concurrent presidential election by 29%. As of 2023, this is the last time that an incumbent Democratic Senator from Colorado was re-elected or won re-election for this seat.
1948, united, states, senate, election, colorado, took, place, november, 1948, incumbent, democratic, senator, edwin, johnson, elected, third, term, landslide, over, republican, will, nicholson, businessman, force, veteran, winning, every, county, state, 1942,. The 1948 United States Senate election in Colorado took place on November 2 1948 Incumbent Democratic Senator Edwin C Johnson was re elected to third term in a landslide over Republican Will Nicholson a businessman and Air Force veteran winning every county in the state 1948 United States Senate election in Colorado 1942 November 2 1948 1954 Nominee Ed Johnson Will Nicholson Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 340 719 165 059 Percentage 66 79 32 36 County resultsJohnson 50 60 60 70 70 80 U S senator before election Edwin C Johnson Democratic Elected U S Senator Edwin C Johnson Democratic Johnson outperformed fellow Democrat Harry S Truman in the concurrent presidential election by 29 As of 2023 this is the last time that an incumbent Democratic Senator from Colorado was re elected or won re election for this seat Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Eugene Cervi newspaperman and Chairman of the Colorado Democratic Party 1 Edwin C Johnson incumbent Senator since 1933 Results edit 1948 U S Senate Democratic primary 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Edwin C Johnson incumbent 84 919 71 86 Democratic Eugene Cervi 33 262 28 15 Total votes 118 181 100 00 Republican primary editCandidates edit Will Nicholson owner of the Denver Bears and Air Force veteran John C Vivian former Governor of Colorado from 1943 to 1947 Results edit 1948 U S Senate Republican primary 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican Will Nicholson 48 716 53 09 Republican John C Vivian 43 052 46 91 Total votes 91 768 100 00 General election editResults edit General election results 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Edwin C Johnson inc 340 719 66 79 nbsp 16 56 Republican Will Nicholson 165 059 32 36 nbsp 16 83 Progressive John Gurule 2 981 0 58 N A Socialist Carle Whitehead 1 352 0 27 nbsp 0 13 Total votes 510 111 100 00 See also edit1948 United States Senate electionsReferences edit Eugene Cervi Award a b c Abstract of Votes Cast at the Primary Election PDF Secretary of State of Colorado 1948 Retrieved May 23 2022 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives 1949 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2 1948 PDF U S Government Printing Office Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1948 United States Senate election in Colorado amp oldid 1211833811, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
