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1950 United States Senate election in Iowa

The 1950 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Republican Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture Albert J. Loveland.

1950 United States Senate election in Iowa
← 1944 November 7, 1950 1956 →
 
Nominee Bourke B. Hickenlooper Albert J. Loveland
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 470,613 383,766
Percentage 54.82% 44.70%
County results
Hickenlooper:      50–60%      60–70%
Loveland:      40–50%      50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Republican

Primary elections were held on June 5. Senator Hickenlooper faced nominal opposition for re-nomination in the Republican primary, while Loveland won a plurality over a five-man Democratic field including former Governor Nelson G. Kraschel and former U.S. Representative Otha Wearin.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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1950 Republican U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bourke B. Hickenlooper (incumbent) 193,337 75.28%
Republican Earl F. Wisdom 38,001 14.80%
Republican Harry B. Thompson 25,480 9.92%
Total votes 256,818 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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  • Nelson G. Kraschel, former Governor of Iowa (1937–1939)
  • Albert J. Loveland, U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture
  • Alvin P. Meyer
  • Ernest J. Seemann, perennial candidate
  • W.M. Shaw, candidate for U.S. House in 1938
  • Otha Wearin, former U.S. Representative from Glenwood (1933–1939)

Results

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1950 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Albert J. Loveland 38,150 38.51%
Democratic Nelson G. Kraschel 31,097 31.39%
Democratic Otha Wearin 11,778 11.89%
Democratic Alvin P. Meyer 9,341 9.43%
Democratic W.M. Shaw 4,479 4.52%
Democratic Ernest J. Seemann 4,225 4.27%
Total votes 99,070 100.00%

After losing the primary, Seemann entered the general election as a States' Rights candidate.

General election

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Candidates

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  • Bourke B. Hickenlooper, incumbent Senator since 1945 (Republican)
  • Z. Everett Kellum (Prohibition)
  • Albert J. Loveland, United States Undersecretary of Agriculture (Democratic)
  • Leslie O. Ludwig (Socialist Labor)
  • Ernest J. Seemann, perennial candidate (States' Rights)

Results

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1950 U.S. Senate election in Iowa[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bourke B. Hickenlooper (incumbent) 470,613 54.82%   3.54
Democratic Albert J. Loveland 383,766 44.70%   3.67
Prohibition Z. Everett Kellum 3,273 0.38%   0.11
Dixiecrat Ernest J. Seemann 571 0.07% N/A
Socialist Labor Leslie O. Ludwig 300 0.04% N/A
Total votes 858,523 100.00%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Iowa Official Register, 1951–52. pp. 294–95.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1950". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  3. ^ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1951). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1950" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  4. ^ Leip, David. "1950 Senatorial General Election Results - Iowa". US Election Atlas. David Leip's Election Atlas. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
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