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The 1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey successfully sought re-election to another term, defeating the Republican nominee, Jay Cooke.
As of 2023, this is the last time that Mifflin County and Montour County voted Democratic in a Senate election. This was also the last time until 1991 that Democrats won this Senate seat, and the last until 2006 that they were elected to this seat for a full term.
General election
Candidates
- Joseph F. Guffey, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic)
- Jay Cooke (Republican)
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joseph F. Guffey (inc.) | 2,069,980 | 51.79% |  1.01 | |
| Republican | Jay Cooke | 1,893,104 | 47.36% |  0.90 | |
| Socialist | David H.H. Felix | 15,449 | 0.39% |  | |
| Prohibition | H. B. Mansell | 11,113 | 0.28% | 0.40 | |
| Communist | Carl Reeve | 4,761 | 0.12% | 0.09 | |
| Socialist Labor | Frank Knotek | 2,503 | 0.06% | 0.10 | |
| Write-in | 110 | 0.00% | | ||
| Totals | 3,997,020 | 100.00% | |||
References
- ↑ "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 5, 1940" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
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