Election Name: | 1952 United States Senate election in Nevada |
Country: | Nevada |
Flag Year: | 1929 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1946 United States Senate election in Nevada |
Previous Year: | 1946 |
Next Election: | 1958 United States Senate election in Nevada |
Next Year: | 1958 |
Election Date: | November 4, 1952 |
Image1: | File:George malone.jpg |
Nominee1: | George W. Malone |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 41,906 |
Percentage1: | 51.68% |
Nominee2: | Thomas B. Mechling |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 39,184 |
Percentage2: | 48.32% |
Map Size: | 250px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | George W. Malone |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | George W. Malone |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1952 United States Senate election in Nevada took place on November 4, 1952. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator George W. Malone was re-elected to a second term in office. George Wilson Malone defeated Thomas B. Mechling by a very narrow margin despite George Wilson Malone's fellow Republican Dwight David Eisenhower winning the state over Adlai Stevenson II in a landslide in the concurrent presidential election in Nevada.
Primary elections were held on September 2, 1952.[1]