1948 United States Senate election in Kansas
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The 1948 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on Tuesday November 2, to elect a United States Senator to class 2 United States Senate seat to represent of the State of Kansas for 6-year term. beginning January 3, 1949 ending January 3, 1955, Incumbent Republican Senator Arthur Capper declined to run for re-election to a sixth term. Former Governor Andrew F. Schoeppel won the Republican primary in a landslide and faced former U.S. Senator George McGill, the Democratic nominee. Schoeppel defeated Capper by a wide margin, outperforming Republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey, who defeated President Harry S. Truman in the state.
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November 2, 1948
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 County results Schoeppel: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% McGill: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democratic primary
Candidates
- George McGill, former U.S. Senator
- E. K. Dean, former President of the Kansas Farmers Union[1]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | George McGill | 46,597 | 69.65% | |
| Democratic | E. K. Dean | 20,301 | 30.35% | |
| Total votes | 66,898 | 100.00% | ||
Republican primary
Candidates
- Andrew F. Schoeppel, former Governor of Kansas
- Harold H. Malone, Sedgwick County Attorney[3]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Andrew F. Schoeppel | 159,359 | 76.95% | |
| Republican | Harold H. Malone | 47,748 | 23.05% | |
| Total votes | 207,107 | 100.00% | ||
Prohibition primary
Candidates
- C. Floyd Hester, former President of Miltonvale Wesleyan College, 1942 Prohibition Party nominee for the U.S. Senate
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Prohibition | C. Floyd Hester | 573 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 573 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Andrew F. Schoeppel | 393,412 | 54.92% | −2.19% | |
| Democratic | George McGill | 305,987 | 42.72% | +2.41% | |
| Prohibition | C. Floyd Hester | 16,943 | 2.37% | −0.22% | |
| Majority | 87,425 | 12.20% | −4.61% | ||
| Total votes | 716,342 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||