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1946 United States Senate election in Washington

The 1946 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Democrat Hugh Mitchell, who had been appointed to fill the unexpired term of Monrad Wallgren, ran for a full term in office, but was defeated by Republican Mayor of Tacoma Harry Cain.

The 1946 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Democrat Hugh Mitchell, who had been appointed to fill the unexpired term of Monrad Wallgren, ran for a full term in office, but was defeated by Republican Mayor of Tacoma Harry Cain.

After this election, no Republican would be elected to either of Washington's U.S. Senate seats until 1980, when Slade Gorton defeated incumbent Warren Magnuson; while no Republican would win this Senate seat until 1983; when Daniel J. Evans defeated Mike Lowry in the special election after the death of Cain's successor, Henry M. Jackson.

Sam C. Herren
Russell Fluent, Washington State Treasurer
Hugh Mitchell, interim U.S. Senator since 1945
Harry Cain, Mayor of Tacoma
J. Parkhurst Douglass

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	158,596	43.88%
	Democratic	134,286	37.15%
	Democratic	35,758	9.89%
	Republican	21,017	5.82%
	Republican	11,789	3.26%
361,446	100.00%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Republican	358,847	54.34%	8.50
	Democratic	298,683	45.23%	8.93
	Socialist Labor	2,297	0.35%	N/A
	Socialist Workers	515	0.08%	N/A
660,342	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

1946 United States Senate elections

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