1942 United States Senate election in Georgia

none March 2026 September 2023 1942 U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) 1920 Presidential no 1936 United States Senate election in Georgia 1936 1948 United States Senate election in Georgia 1948 September 9, 1942 File:Richard RussellJr.jpg Richard Russell Jr. 410 Democratic Party (United States) 232,084 80.60% File:William David Upshaw, 3qtr length (cropped).jpg 150x150px William D. Upshaw 0 Democratic Party (United States) 55,845 19.40% 1942 United States Senate election in Georgia results map by county.svg 250px County resultsHeard Alexander Southern Primaries and Elections 1920-1949 Strong Donald University of Alabama Press 1950 9780836955248 66–67Russell: #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d0596 >90% U.S. Senator Richard Russell Jr. Democratic Party (United States) Richard Russell Jr. Democratic Party (United States) The 1942 United States Senate election in Georgia took place on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Richard Russell Jr. was re-elected to a third term (a second full term) in office. As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate ran with nominal opposition in the general election so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election. Democratic primary The Democratic primary election was held on September 9, 1942. County unit system From 1917 until 1962, the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Georgia used a voting system called the county unit system to determine victors in statewide primary elections.http://www.georgiacca.com/unit.cfm County Unit System Georgia County Clerks Association 8 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20080531162547/http://www.georgiacca.com/unit.cfm 31 May 2008 dead The system was ostensibly designed to function similarly to the Electoral College, but in practice the large ratio of unit votes for small, rural counties to unit votes for more populous urban areas provided outsized political influence to the smaller counties.http://testaae.greenwood.com/doc_print.aspx?fileID=GR4181&chapterID=GR4181-6373&path=encyclopedias/greenwood Eugene Talmadge The Jim Crow Encyclopedia The African American Experience 12 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20150123030046/http://testaae.greenwood.com/doc_print.aspx?fileID=GR4181&chapterID=GR4181-6373&path=encyclopedias%2Fgreenwood 23 January 2015 dead http://rbrl.blogspot.com/2011/10/county-unit-system-eh.html County Unit System, eh? 6 October 2011 Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies 8 June 2020 Under the county unit system, the 159 counties in Georgia were divided by population into three categories. The largest eight counties were classified as "Urban", the next-largest 30 counties were classified as "Town", and the remaining 121 counties were classified as "Rural". Urban counties were given 6 unit votes, Town counties were given 4 unit votes, and Rural counties were given 2 unit votes, for a total of 410 available unit votes. Each county's unit votes were awarded on a winner-take-all basis. Candidates were required to obtain a majority of unit votes (not necessarily a majority of the popular vote), or 206 total unit votes, to win the election. If no candidate received a majority in the initial primary, a runoff election was held between the top two candidates to determine a winner.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/county-unit-system County Unit System Buchanan Scott 13 June 2017 New Georgia Encyclopedia 8 June 2020 Candidates Richard Russell Jr., incumbent U.S. Senator William D. Upshaw, former U.S. Representative Results Democratic primaryGuide to US Elections 2005 1376https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=498923 GA US Senate, 1942 - D Primary Our Campaigns 6 September 2021Georgia Register 1943 653-656CandidateVotes%CUV County unit votes Richard Russell Jr. 232,084 80.60 410 William D. Upshaw 55,845 19.40 0 General election Results 1942 U.S. Senate election in GeorgiaGuide to US Elections 2005 1328Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1943-01-30 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1942 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1942election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Officehttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=253701 GA US Senate, 1942 Our Campaigns 6 September 2021Georgia Register 1943 684-685 Democratic Party (United States) Richard Russell Jr. (incumbent) 59,870 96.94% Independent (politician) Mrs. LeVert Dwyer Shivers 1,892 3.06% 61,762 Democratic Party (United States) References Bibliography Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II CQ Press 2005 https://archive.org/details/guidetouselectio00cqpr/mode/2up 978-1-56802-981-8 6 September 2021 registration Guide to US Elections 2005 Compiled by Mrs. J. E. Hays, State Historian and Director 1943 Georgia's Official Register, 1939-1943 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/statreg-images/pdfs/1939.pdf Atlanta, Georgia State of Georgia, Department of Archives and History Georgia Register 1943 1942 Georgia United States Senate