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OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1938 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 08, 1938 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 08, 1938 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 1939 - 12:00pm
Term End January 02, 1945 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedRBH July 16, 2019 03:21pm
Data Sources[Link] . Earle was cross-endorsed by the Royal Oak Party and also received write-in votes counted as "nonpartisan."
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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/08/1932
NameJames John Davis Votes1,375,549 (49.46%)
Term03/04/1933 - 01/03/1939 Margin174,782 (+6.28%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/07/1944
NameFrancis J. Myers Votes1,864,735 (49.99%)
Term01/03/1945 - 01/02/1951 Margin23,792 (+0.64%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
May 17, 1938 PA US Senate - R Primary
James John Davis
R 1,306,011
May 17, 1938 PA US Senate - D Primary
George H. Earle
D 1,206,722

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Name (I) Sen. James John Davis Gov. George H. Earle David H.H. Felix Furest S. Van Valin Reginald B. Naugle Pat Toohey (W) Scattering
PartyRepublican Democratic Socialist Prohibition Pathfinders Communist No Party Affiliation
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Certified Votes 2,086,932 (54.70%) 1,694,464 (44.42%) 20,155 (0.53%) 9,327 (0.24%) 2,508 (0.07%) 1,529 (0.04%) 104 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -392,468 (-10.29%) -2,066,777 (-54.17%) -2,077,605 (-54.46%) -2,084,424 (-54.64%) -2,085,403 (-54.66%) -2,086,828 (-54.70%)
Fusion Votes
Democratic1,684,083
RyOk Royal Oak10,307
Nonpartisan74
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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