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The 1952 United States Senate election in California was held on November 4, 1952.
By cross-filing and winning the Democratic nomination, incumbent Republican Senator William F. Knowland was able to cruise to a general election victory with only nominal opposition.
Until 1988, this was the last time a nominee from either party won re-election to this seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William F. Knowland (inc.) | 1,341,170 | 87.68% | |
Democratic | Clinton D. McKinnon (cross-filing) | 140,571 | 9.19% | |
Republican | Robert D. Adams | 47,969 | 3.14% | |
Total votes | 1,529,710 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William F. Knowland (inc.) (cross-filing) | 966,881 | 55.54% | |
Democratic | Clinton D. McKinnon | 633,556 | 36.39% | |
Democratic | Arthur W. Watwood | 140,406 | 8.07% | |
Total votes | 1,740,843 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | William Knowland (Incumbent) | 3,982,448 | 87.79% | +33.69% | |
Progressive | Reuben W. Borough | 542,270 | 11.95% | N/A | |
Write-in | Helen Gahagan Douglas | 11,812 | 0.26% | N/A | |
Total votes | 4,536,530 | 100.00% | |||
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