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County results Lucas: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Lyons: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Illinois |
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The 1944 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 7, 1944 [1] to elect one of Illinois's members to the United States Senate. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Scott W. Lucas won reelection to a second term.
The race between Lucas and Republican Richard J. Lyons was a rematch of their 1938 United States Senate race six years prior.
The primaries and general election coincided with those for federal offices ( President and House) and state elections.
Primaries were held on April 11. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Scott W. Lucas (incumbent) | 532,358 | 100 | |
Write-in | Others | 3 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 532,361 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard J. Lyons | 536,030 | 79.02 | |
Republican | Deenen A. Watson | 85,004 | 12.53 | |
Republican | William J. Baker | 57,330 | 8.51 | |
Write-in | Others | 4 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 678,368 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Scott W. Lucas (incumbent) | 2,059,023 | 52.61 | |
Republican | Richard J. Lyons | 1,841,793 | 47.06 | |
Socialist Labor | Frank Schnur | 7,312 | 0.19 | |
Prohibition | Enoch A. Holtwick | 5,798 | 0.15 | |
Total votes | 3,913,926 | 100 |