Election Name: | 1946 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania |
Country: | Pennsylvania |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania |
Previous Year: | 1940 |
Next Election: | 1952 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania |
Next Year: | 1952 |
Election Date: | November 5, 1946 |
Image1: | EdwardMartinPA.jpg |
Nominee1: | Edward Martin |
Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,853,458 |
Percentage1: | 59.26% |
Nominee2: | Joseph F. Guffey |
Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 1,245,338 |
Percentage2: | 39.81% |
Map Size: | 260px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Joseph F. Guffey |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
After Election: | Edward Martin |
After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
The 1946 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey sought re-election to another term, but was defeated by Republican nominee Edward Martin. This was the last time that the Republican candidate won Philadelphia in an election for the Class 1 Senate seat.
|-|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| colspan="3" align="right" | Totals| align="right" | 3,127,860| align="right" | 100.00%| align="right" | |}