1950, united, states, senate, election, wisconsin, held, november, 1950, incumbent, republican, senator, alexander, wiley, elected, third, term, office, over, thomas, fairchild, 1944, november, 1950, 1956, nominee, alexander, wiley, thomas, fairchildparty, rep. The 1950 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 7 1950 Incumbent Republican U S Senator Alexander Wiley was re elected to a third term in office over Thomas E Fairchild 1950 United States Senate election in Wisconsin 1944 November 7 1950 1956 Nominee Alexander Wiley Thomas E FairchildParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 595 283 515 539Percentage 53 34 46 19 County resultsWiley 50 60 60 70 70 80 Fairchild 50 60 60 70 U S senator before electionAlexander WileyRepublican Elected U S Senator Alexander WileyRepublican Contents 1 Republican primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Democratic primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Candidates 3 2 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesRepublican primary editCandidates edit Edward J Finan Alexander Wiley incumbent U S Senator since 1939Results edit 1950 U S Senate Republican primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Alexander Wiley incumbent 308 536 77 82 Republican Edward J Finan 87 929 22 18 Total votes 396 465 100 00 Democratic primary editCandidates edit LaVern Dilweg former U S Representative from Green Bay Thomas E Fairchild Attorney General of Wisconsin Daniel Hoan former Socialist mayor of Milwaukee and nominee for Governor in 1944 and 1946 William E SandersonResults edit 1950 U S Senate Democratic primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Thomas E Fairchild 58 399 35 10 Democratic Daniel Hoan 44 423 26 70 Democratic William E Sanderson 41 961 25 22 Democratic LaVern Dilweg 21 609 12 99 Total votes 166 392 100 00 General election editCandidates edit James E Boulton Socialist Workers Artemio Cozzini Socialist Labor Thomas E Fairchild Attorney General of Wisconsin Democratic Edwin W Knappe Socialist Perry J Stearns perennial candidate Constitutional Freedom Alexander Wiley incumbent U S Senator since 1939 Republican Results edit 1950 U S Senate election in Wisconsin 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican Alexander Wiley incumbent 595 283 53 34 change Democratic Thomas E Fairchild 515 539 46 19 Socialist Edwin W Knappe 3 972 0 36 Independent Perry J Stearns 644 0 06 Socialist Workers James E Boulton 332 0 03 Socialist Labor Artemio Cozzini 307 0 03 Republican hold SwingSee also edit1950 United States Senate electionsReferences edit a b Parties and Elections The Primary Election Wisconsin Blue Book 1952 PDF Retrieved April 2 2023 Clerk of the U S House of Representatives 1951 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7 1950 PDF U S Government Printing Office Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1950 United States Senate election in Wisconsin amp oldid 1188964222, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
