Election Name: | 1946 United States Senate election in New Jersey |
Country: | New Jersey |
Flag Year: | 1896 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1944 United States Senate special election in New Jersey |
Previous Year: | 1944 (special) |
Next Election: | 1952 United States Senate election in New Jersey |
Next Year: | 1952 |
Election Date: | November 5, 1946 |
Image1: | File:Howardalexandersmith.jpg |
Nominee1: | H. Alexander Smith |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 799,808 |
Percentage1: | 58.50% |
Nominee2: | George E. Brunner |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 548,458 |
Percentage2: | 40.12% |
Map Size: | 280px |
Senator | |
Before Election: | H. Alexander Smith |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | H. Alexander Smith |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The United States Senate election of 1946 in New Jersey was held on November 5, 1946.
Incumbent Republican Senator H. Alexander Smith, who had been elected in a 1944 special election following the death of William Warren Barbour, was re-elected over Democrat George Brunner, the Mayor of Camden.
Senator Smith was unopposed for re-nomination.