Election Name: | 1942 United States Senate election in Wyoming |
Country: | Wyoming |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1936 United States Senate election in Wyoming |
Previous Year: | 1936 |
Next Election: | 1948 United States Senate election in Wyoming |
Next Year: | 1948 |
Election Date: | November 3, 1942 |
Image1: | Edward V Robertson.jpg |
Nominee1: | Edward V. Robertson |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 41,486 |
Percentage1: | 54.59% |
Nominee2: | Harry Schwartz |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 34,503 |
Percentage2: | 45.41% |
Map Size: | 250px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Harry Schwartz |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Edward V. Robertson |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1942 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held on November 3, 1942. Democratic Senator Harry Schwartz ran for re-election to his second term. He was challenged by businessman Edward V. Robertson, who emerged from a close and hotly contested Republican primary as the narrow winner. Aided in part by the national swing toward Republicans in 1942, Robertson defeated Schwartz for re-election by a decisive margin.