1940 United States Senate election in Indiana

1940 United States Senate election in Indiana
	County results; Willis: 50–60% 60–70%; Minton: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; Sherman Minton; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Raymond E. Willis; Republican

The 1940 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Sherman Minton ran for re-election to a second term, but lost narrowly to Republican Raymond E. Willis.

General election

Candidates

John H. Kingsbury (Socialist)
Sherman Minton, incumbent Senator since 1935 (Democratic)
Carl W. Thompson (Prohibition)
Raymond E. Willis, former State Representative from Angola and nominee for Senate in 1938 (Republican)

Results

1940 U.S. Senate election in Indiana^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Raymond E. Willis	888,070	50.45%	2.97
	Democratic	Sherman Minton (incumbent)	864,803	49.13%	2.33
	Prohibition	Carl W. Thompson	5,621	0.32%	0.02
	Socialist	John H. Kingsbury	1,751	0.10%	0.54
Total votes			1,760,245	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

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1940 United States Senate election in Indiana

Contents

General election

Candidates

Results

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