1948 United States Senate election in Colorado

none March 2026 September 2023 1948 United States Senate election in Colorado Colorado 1911 presidential no 1942 United States Senate election in Colorado 1942 1954 United States Senate election in Colorado 1954 November 2, 1948 150x150px Edwin Johnson (cropped).jpg Ed Johnson Democratic Party (US) 340,719 66.79% 3x4.svg Will Nicholson Republican Party (US) 165,059 32.36% File:1948 United States Senate election in Colorado results map by county.svg 250px County resultsJohnson: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% U.S. Senator Edwin C. Johnson Democratic Party (US) Edwin C. Johnson Democratic Party (US) The 1948 United States Senate election in Colorado took place on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Democratic Senator Edwin C. Johnson was re-elected to third term in a landslide over Republican Will Nicholson, a businessman and Air Force veteran, winning every county in the state. Johnson outperformed fellow Democrat Harry S. Truman in the concurrent presidential election by 29%. As of 2023, this is the last time that an incumbent Democratic Senator from Colorado was re-elected or won re-election for this seat. Democratic primary Candidates Eugene Cervi, newspaperman and Chairman of the Colorado Democratic Partyhttps://www.iswne.org/contests/cervi/eugene-cervi-award/article_ac595e10-5292-11e1-b491-0019bb2963f4.html Eugene Cervi Award Edwin C. Johnson, incumbent Senator since 1933 Results 1948 U.S. Senate Democratic primaryhttps://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/1900-1999/1948AbstractBook.pdf Abstract of Votes Cast at the Primary Election Secretary of State of Colorado 1948 23 May 2022 November 10, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221110054717/https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/Results/Abstract/pdf/1900-1999/1948AbstractBook.pdf dead Democratic Party (United States) Edwin C. Johnson (incumbent) 84,919 71.86% Democratic Party (United States) Eugene Cervi 33,262 28.15% 118,181 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Will Nicholson, owner of the Denver Bears and Air Force veteran John C. Vivian, former Governor of Colorado from 1943 to 1947 Results 1948 U.S. Senate Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Will Nicholson 48,716 53.09% Republican Party (United States) John C. Vivian 43,052 46.91% 91,768 100.00% General election Results General election results http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1948election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives U.S. Government Printing Office 1949 Democratic Party (United States) Edwin C. Johnson (inc.) 340,719 66.79% 16.56 Republican Party (United States) Will Nicholson 165,059 32.36% 16.83 Progressive Party (United States, 1948) John Gurule 2,981 0.58% N/A Socialist Party (United States) Carle Whitehead 1,352 0.27% 0.13 510,111 100.00% See also 1948 United States Senate elections References 1948 Colorado United States Senate