Election Name: | 1950 United States Senate election in Iowa |
Country: | Iowa |
Flag Image: | Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1944 United States Senate election in Iowa |
Previous Year: | 1944 |
Next Election: | 1956 United States Senate election in Iowa |
Next Year: | 1956 |
Election Date: | November 7, 1950 |
Image1: | File:HICKENLOOPER, BOURKE. SENATOR. PORTRAIT LCCN2016870828 (croppedmore).jpg |
Nominee1: | Bourke B. Hickenlooper |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 470,613 |
Percentage1: | 54.82% |
Nominee2: | Albert J. Loveland |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 383,766 |
Percentage2: | 44.70% |
Map Size: | 240px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Bourke B. Hickenlooper |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Bourke B. Hickenlooper |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1950 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Republican Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture Albert J. Loveland.
Primary elections were held on June 5. Senator Hickenlooper faced nominal opposition for re-nomination in the Republican primary, while Loveland won a plurality over a five-man Democratic field including former Governor Nelson G. Kraschel and former U.S. Representative Otha Wearin.
After losing the primary, Seemann entered the general election as a States' Rights candidate.