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


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Vote Margin %
Total Votes
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County Turnout Harley Kilgore
(D)		 Tom Sweeney
(R)		 Other Margin TOTAL
County data not available.
TOTAL 82% 492,41356.3% 381,80643.7% 00.0% 110,607 874,219
Total R vote: 381,806 (43.7%)      Total D vote: 492,413 (56.3%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Tom Sweeney 80,052 40.4%
2   Carl Bachmann 55,812 28.1%
3   Ephraim Morgan 31,853 16.1%
4   D.H. Rodgers 30,592 15.4%
TOTAL VOTES 198,309  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Harley Kilgore 121,734 37.2%
2   Herman Kump 110,172 33.7%
3   Rush Holt* 80,399 24.6%
4   Buhl Shahan 14,738 4.5%
TOTAL VOTES 327,043