1944 United States Senate election in Colorado

none March 2026 September 2023 1944 United States Senate election in Colorado Colorado 1911 presidential no 1942 United States Senate special election in Colorado 1942 (special) 1950 United States Senate election in Colorado 1950 November 7, 1944 150x150px Eugene Millikin.jpg Eugene Millikin Republican Party (United States) 277,410 56.06% 3x4.svg Barney L. Whatley Democratic Party (United States) 214,335 43.31% 250px 1944 United States Senate election in Colorado results map by county.svg County resultsMillikin: #e27f7f 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80%Whatley: #7996e2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% U.S. Senator Eugene Millikin Republican Party (United States) Eugene Millikin Republican Party (United States) The 1944 United States Senate special election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Republican senator Eugene Millikin, who was first appointed to fill Alva B. Adams's seat in 1941 and re-elected at the ensuing special election in 1942, ran for re-election to his first full term. In the general election, he faced wealthy Denver attorney Barney L. Whatley. Millikin benefited from the strong Republican performance in Colorado—Thomas E. Dewey and Governor John C. Vivian both won their respective elections by decisive margins—and cruised to a landslide victory over Whatley. Democratic primary Candidates Barney L. Whatley, Denver attorney, former chairman of the Colorado Democratic Party, former District Attorney for the Fifth Judicial DistrictNovember 3, 1944 FR's Peace Plan Chief Issue Between Senate Candidates Fort Collins Coloradoan Fort Collins, Colorado 5 https://www.newspapers.com/image/588833374/ July 5, 2022 Campaign Though Colorado remained competitive for both parties in state and national politics, the state Democratic Party had few candidates interested in running against Senator Millikin. Though the party had attempted to recruit James G. Patton, the president of the National Farmers Union, to run, he declined to do so. Barney L. Whatley, a prominent Denver attorney who served as district attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit from 1913 to 1921 and more recently as chairman of the state party, initially declined to run, but ultimately accepted the nomination, saying that someone "must carry the issue of this campaign to the crossroads of the state."July 27, 1944 Democrats Nominate Whatley and Best Steamboat Pilot Steamboat Springs, Colorado 1 https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=STP19440727.2.22&srpos=4&e=-07-1944--08-1944--en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------ July 5, 2022 Results Democratic primary resultsMorrison Walter F. State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast at the Primary Election Held on the Twelfth Day of September, A. D. 1944 and at the General Election Held on the Seventh Day of November, A. D. 1944 https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/1900-1999/1944AbstractBook.pdf 1944 Denver, Colorado Colorado Secretary of State July 5, 2022 July 5, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220705191431/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/1900-1999/1944AbstractBook.pdf dead Barney L. Whatley Democratic Party (United States) 31,625 100.00 31,625 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Eugene Millikin, incumbent U.S. Senator Results Republican primary results Eugene D. Millikin (inc.) Republican Party (United States) 40,868 100.00 40,868 100.00 General election Results 1944 United States Senate election in Colorado Republican Party (United States) Eugene Millikin (inc.) 277,410 56.06% -0.07% Democratic Party (United States) Barney L. Whatley 214,335 43.31% +1.17% Socialist Party (United States) Carle Whitehead 3,143 0.64% -0.61% 63,075 12.75% -1.23% 494,888 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References 1944 Colorado United States Senate