Election Name: | 1944 U.S. Senate election in Arkansas |
Country: | Arkansas |
Flag Year: | 1924 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1938 United States Senate election in Arkansas |
Previous Year: | 1938 |
Next Election: | 1950 United States Senate elections#Arkansas |
Next Year: | 1950 |
Election Date: | November 7, 1944 |
Image1: | File:JWFulbright.jpg |
Nominee1: | J. William Fulbright |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 182,499 |
Percentage1: | 85.10% |
Nominee2: | Victor Wade |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 31,942 |
Percentage2: | 14.90% |
Map Size: | 210px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Hattie Caraway |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | J. William Fulbright |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1944 United States Senate election in Arkansas took place on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Senator Hattie Caraway ran for a third term in office, but was eliminated in the Democratic primary. U.S. Representative J. William Fulbright defeated Governor Homer Martin Adkins in the Democratic runoff.
Fulbright easily defeated Republican Victor Wade in the general election, in a landslide victory typical for Arkansas Democrats at the time.