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1944 United States Senate election in Kentucky
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1944 United States Senate election in Kentucky Kentucky presidential no 1938 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1938 1950 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1950 November 6, 1944 x140px File:AlbenBarkley.jpg Alben Barkley Democratic Party (United States) 464,053 54.8% File:3x4.svg James Park Republican Party (United States) 380,425 44.9% 1944 United States Senate election in Kentucky results map by county.svg 300px County resultsBarkley: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #3933E5 80–90%Park: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% U.S. Senator Alben Barkley Democratic Party (United States) Alben Barkley Democratic Party (United States)
The regular-term 1944 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1944. Democratic Senator and Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley was re-elected to a fourth term in office over Republican James Park.
Republican primary
Candidates
Clarence Bartlett
G. Tom Hawkins
James Park
Silas A. Sullivan
Results
thumb|center|300px|Primary results by county
#E27F7F Park #FFC8CD 30%–40% #FFB2B2 40%–50% #E27F7F 50%–60% #D75D5D 60%–70% #D72F30 70%–80% #C21B18 80%–90% #A80000 90%–100%
#FFB380 Bartlett #FEE5D5 30%–40% #FFCCAA 40%–50% #FFB380 50%–60% #FF9955 60%–70% #FF7F2A 70%–80% #FF6600 80%–90% #D45500 90%–100%
#BDBDBD Other #BDBDBD 50%–60%
Republican primary resultshttps://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015022695301?urlappend=%3Bseq=56%3Bownerid=13510798885884700-66 Kentucky Votes 1 46–47 Jewell Malcolm E. 1963 University Press of Kentucky 2025-05-05
James Park Republican Party (United States) 52886 64.12
Clarence Bartlett Republican Party (United States) 21959 26.62
Silas A. Sullivan Republican Party (United States) 4244 5.15
G. Tom Hawkins Republican Party (United States) 3397 4.12
82486 100.00
General election
Candidates
Alben W. Barkley, Senate Majority Leader and incumbent Senator since 1927 (Democratic)
Robert H. Garrison (Prohibition)
Yona M. Marret (Socialist Labor)
James Park (Republican)
Results
1944 U.S. Senate election in Kentuckyhttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1944election.pdf Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 1958 11 March 2024 Clerk of the House of Representatives U.S. Government Printing Office
Democratic Party (US)
Alben W. Barkley (incumbent)
464,053
54.81%
Republican Party (US)
James Park
380,425
44.93%
Prohibition Party
Robert H. Garrison
1,808
0.21%
Socialist Labor Party of America
Yona M. Marret
340
0.04%
115
0.00%
83,628
9.88%
846,627
Democratic Party (US)
See also
1944 United States Senate elections
References
Bibliography
Congressional Elections, 1946-1996 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-248-4 Congressional Quarterly 1998
Jewell Malcolm E. 1963 Kentucky Votes https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015022695301 1 University of Kentucky Press Kentucky Votes 1963
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