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1940-11-05 U.S. House Election Results for Michigan (District 13)

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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County George O'Brien
(D)		 Clarence McLeod*
(R)		 William Jenkins
(Socialist)		 Hugo Beiswenger
(Communist)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 66,98554.6% 55,11544.9% 3500.3% 2940.2% 00.0% 11,870 122,744
Total R vote: 55,115 (44.9%)      Total D vote: 66,985 (54.6%)      Total Other vote: 644 (0.5%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Clarence McLeod* 20,946 78.5%
2   William Black 2,002 7.5%
3   Edward Gibbs 1,986 7.4%
4   George Murdock 1,753 6.6%
TOTAL VOTES 26,687  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   George O'Brien 12,028 42.0%
2   William Flanigan 4,066 14.2%
3   Thomas Wilcox 3,166 11.1%
4   Robert Wardell 2,475 8.6%
5   John Gilmore 1,743 6.1%
6   Frank Sherman 1,425 5.0%
7   Harold Davis 1,191 4.2%
8   Leo Donnelly 1,040 3.6%
9   William Mason 982 3.4%
10   Floyd Showalter 525 1.8%
TOTAL VOTES 28,641