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United States Senate election in Montana, 1940

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176,753
  
63,941

Start date
  
November 5, 1940

73.43%
  
26.57%

United States Senate election in Montana, 1940

Winner
  
Burton K Wheeler

The 1940 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent United States Senator Burton K. Wheeler, who was first elected to the Senate in 1922, and was re-elected in 1928 and 1934, ran for re-election. Though he faced a serious challenger in the Democratic primary, he emerged victorious, and advanced to the general election, where he faced E. K. Cheadle, a state district judge and the Republican nominee. Just like in 1934, Wheeler won re-election in a landslide, winning his fourth term in the Senate.

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Candidates

  • Burton K. Wheeler, incumbent United States Senator
  • H. J. Freebourn, Attorney General of Montana
  • Candidates

  • E. K. Cheadle, Tenth Judicial Circuit District Judge
  • L. Ray Carroll, former State Senator
  • Floyd C. Fluent
  • References

    United States Senate election in Montana, 1940 Wikipedia


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