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1940-11-05 Senatorial Election Results for Wisconsin (Class 1)


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County Turnout Robert LaFollette, Jr.
(Progressive)		 Fred Clausen
(R)		 James Finnegan
(D)		 Ted Furman
(Independent Communist)		 Other Margin TOTAL
County data not available.
TOTAL 66% 605,60945.3% 553,69241.4% 176,68813.2% 1,3080.1% 8380.1% 51,917 1,338,135
Total R vote: 553,692 (41.4%)      Total D vote: 176,688 (13.2%)      Total Other vote: 607,755 (45.4%)
* incumbent

Other candidates included: Adolf Wiggert (Independent Socialist Labor), 838 votes


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Fred Clausen 109,293 31.2%
2   John Koehler 64,774 18.5%
3   Glenn Frank 47,885 13.7%
4   Michael Eberlein 43,784 12.5%
5   William Maas 29,940 8.6%
6   Reuben Peterson 29,331 8.4%
7   Walter Chilsen 24,928 7.1%
TOTAL VOTES 349,935  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   James Finnegan 55,145 42.8%
2   William Carroll 36,306 28.2%
3   James Kerwin 22,642 17.6%
4   John Cudahy (write-in) 14,773 11.5%
TOTAL VOTES 128,866