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Elections in Virginia |
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The 1942 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democratic Senator Carter Glass defeated Socialist Lawrence S. Wilkes and was elected to his fifth term in office.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Carter Glass (inc.) | 79,421 | 91.08% | +0.58% | |
Socialist | Lawrence S. Wilkes | 5,690 | 6.53% | +6.53% | |
Communist | Alice Burke | 2,041 | 2.34% | -1.00% | |
Write-ins | 48 | <0.01% | -0.07% | ||
Majority | 73,731 | 84.55% | -2.40% | ||
Turnout | 87,200 | ||||
Democratic hold | |||||
References
- ↑ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1942" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 32.
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