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OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type Special Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1946 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 05, 1946 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 05, 1946 - 08:55pm Central
Term Start November 06, 1946 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 1947 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedArthur September 30, 2023 09:49am
Data SourcesStatement of Vote for 1946, p. 11-12 [Link]
Description Due to death of previous Senator.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won08/13/1945
NameWilliam F. Knowland Votes1 (100.00%)
Term08/14/1945 - 11/06/1946 Margin1 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/05/1946
NameWilliam F. Knowland Votes1,428,067 (54.10%)
Term01/03/1947 - 01/03/1953 Margin260,906 (+9.88%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 04, 1946 CA US Senate - R Primary
William F. Knowland
R 794,254
Jun 04, 1946 CA US Senate - D Primary
Will Rogers, Jr.
D 1,057,136

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Name (I) (W) Sen. William F. Knowland (W) Rep. Will Rogers, Jr. (W) Others (W) George H. McLain (W) Rep. Ellis E. Patterson (W) Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (W) Vic Paulsen
PartyRepublican Democratic Independent Democratic Democratic Prohibition Independent
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Certified Votes 425,273 (74.31%) 90,723 (15.85%) 23,619 (4.13%) 17,883 (3.13%) 3,889 (0.68%) 2,464 (0.43%) 1,616 (0.28%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -334,550 (-58.45%) -401,654 (-70.18%) -407,390 (-71.18%) -421,384 (-73.63%) -422,809 (-73.88%) -423,657 (-74.02%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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Name (W) Moody Staten (W) Hartley F Peart (W) George C Highley (W) James Moran (W) Ben Rinaldo (W) Aubrey D. Lewis (W) Gov. Frank F. Merriam
PartyRepublican Independent Democratic Independent Independent Independent Republican
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Certified Votes 1,494 (0.26%) 1,383 (0.24%) 1,268 (0.22%) 918 (0.16%) 765 (0.13%) 519 (0.09%) 507 (0.09%)
Margin-423,779 (-74.05%) -423,890 (-74.07%) -424,005 (-74.09%) -424,355 (-74.15%) -424,508 (-74.17%) -424,754 (-74.22%) -424,766 (-74.22%)
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