Election Name: | 1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania |
Country: | Pennsylvania |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1934 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania |
Previous Year: | 1934 |
Next Election: | 1946 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania |
Next Year: | 1946 |
Election Date: | November 5, 1940 |
Image1: | Joseph Guffey.jpg |
Nominee1: | Joseph F. Guffey |
Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 2,069,980 |
Percentage1: | 51.79% |
Nominee2: | Jay Cooke |
Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 1,893,104 |
Percentage2: | 47.36% |
Map Size: | 240px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Joseph F. Guffey |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
After Election: | Joseph F. Guffey |
After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
The 1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey successfully sought re-election to another term, defeating the Republican nominee, Jay Cooke.
As of 2023, this is the last time that Mifflin County and Montour County voted Democratic in a Senate election. This was also the last time until 1991 that Democrats won this Senate seat, and the last until 2006 that they were elected to this seat for a full term.
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