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1946 United States Senate election in Minnesota

The 1946 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 1946. It was the first election to either of Minnesota's seats in the United States Senate held since the Minnesota Democratic Party and the Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota merged in 1944, to form the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. Incumbent U.S. Senator Henrik Shipstead was defeated in the Republican primary by Governor Edward John Thye, who went on to defeat DFL challenger Theodore Jorgenson in the general election.

Victor D. Engstrom
Theodore Jorgenson
Frank Patrick Ryan

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	58,047	50.41%
	Democratic (DFL)	41,278	35.85%
	Democratic (DFL)	15,826	13.74%
115,151	100.00%

Carl Krause
John C. Peterson
W. F. Schilling
Henrik Shipstead, Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1923
Edward J. Thye, Governor of Minnesota since 1943

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	238,210	57.28%
	Republican	160,619	38.62%
	Republican	10,710	2.57%
	Republican	3,524	0.85%
	Republican	2,821	0.68%
415,884	100.00%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	517,775	58.92%
	Democratic (DFL)	349,520	39.78%
	Revolutionary Workers	11,421	1.30%
	Independent	15	0.00%
878,731	100.00%
168,255	19.14%

United States Senate elections, 1946 and 1947

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