State |
Incumbent |
Party |
Status |
Opposing candidates
|
Arizona |
Robert Taylor Jones |
Democratic |
Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory |
Sidney Preston Osborn (Democratic) 65.52% Jerrie W. Lee (Republican) 33.81% Charles R. Osburn (Prohibition) 0.67% [1]
|
Arkansas |
Carl E. Bailey |
Democratic |
Defeated in Democratic primary, Democratic victory |
Homer Adkins (Democratic) 91.36% H. C. Stump (Republican) 8.22% Walter S. McNutt (Independent) 0.43% [2]
|
Colorado |
Ralph Lawrence Carr |
Republican |
Re-elected, 54.37% |
George E. Saunders (Democratic) 44.96% Carle Whitehead (Socialist) 0.41% Laurence W. Cofman (Prohibition) 0.27% [3]
|
Connecticut |
Raymond E. Baldwin |
Republican |
Defeated, 47.78% |
Robert A. Hurley (Democratic) 49.54% Jasper McLevy (Socialist) 2.31% Joseph Mackay (Socialist Labor) 0.23% Michael A. Russo (Communist) 0.15% [4]
|
Delaware |
Richard McMullen |
Democratic |
Won Democratic primary but retired as candidate, Republican victory |
Walter W. Bacon (Republican) 52.38% Josiah Marvel Jr. (Democratic) 45.41% Ivan Culbertson (Liberal Democrat) 2.21% [5]
|
Florida |
Fred P. Cone |
Democratic |
Term-limited, Democratic victory |
Spessard Holland (Democratic) 100.00% [6] (Democratic primary runoff results) Spessard L. Holland 56.95% Francis P. Whitehair 43.05% [7]
|
Georgia |
Eurith D. Rivers |
Democratic |
Term-limited, Democratic victory |
Eugene Talmadge (Democratic) 99.60% J. L. R. Boyd (Prohibition) 0.30% Joe Wallace (Independent) 0.10% [8] (Democratic primary results) Eugene Talmadge 51.58% Columbus Roberts 35.95% Hosea Abit Nix 12.47% [9]
|
Idaho |
C. A. Bottolfsen |
Republican |
Defeated, 49.52% |
Chase A. Clark (Democratic) 50.48% [10]
|
Illinois |
John Henry Stelle |
Democratic |
Retired, Republican victory |
Dwight H. Green (Republican) 52.93% Harry Hershey (Democratic) 46.74% Arthur McDowell (Socialist) 0.18% Clay Freeman Gaumer (Prohibition) 0.16% [11]
|
Indiana |
M. Clifford Townsend |
Democratic |
Term-limited, Democratic victory |
Henry F. Schricker (Democratic) 49.92% Glenn R. Hillis (Republican) 49.69% Mary Donovan Hapgood (Socialist) 0.27% Omer S. Whiteman (Prohibition) 0.08% Herman Barcus Barefield (Socialist Labor) 0.04% [12]
|
Iowa |
George A. Wilson |
Republican |
Re-elected, 52.72% |
John Valentine (Democratic) 47.07% M. M. Heptonstall (Prohibition) 0.11% Charles Speck (Communist) 0.11% [13]
|
Kansas |
Payne Ratner |
Republican |
Re-elected, 49.63% |
William H. Burke (Democratic) 49.58% David C. White (Prohibition) 0.61% Ida A. Beloof (Socialist) 0.19% [14]
|
Maine (held, 9 September 1940) |
Lewis O. Barrows |
Republican |
Retired, Republican victory |
Sumner Sewall (Republican) 63.79% Fulton J. Redman (Democratic) 36.08% Helen Knudsen (Communist) 0.13% [15]
|
Massachusetts |
Leverett Saltonstall |
Republican |
Re-elected, 49.74% |
Paul A. Dever (Democratic) 49.46% Otis Archer Hood (Communist) 0.28% Jeffrey W. Campbell (Socialist) 0.23% Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor) 0.17% E. Tallmadge Root (Prohibition) 0.12% [16]
|
Michigan |
Luren Dickinson |
Republican |
Defeated, 46.59% |
Murray Van Wagoner (Democratic) 53.06% Seth Whitmore (Socialist) 0.20% Philip Raymond (Communist) 0.12% Ralph Naylor (Socialist Labor) 0.04% [17]
|
Minnesota |
Harold Stassen |
Republican |
Re-elected, 52.06% |
Hjalmar Petersen (Farmer-Labor) 36.55% Edward Murphy (Democratic) 11.14% John William Castle (Industrial) 0.25% [18]
|
Missouri |
Lloyd C. Stark |
Democratic |
Term-limited, Republican victory |
Forrest C. Donnell (Republican) 50.05% Larry McDaniel (Democratic) 49.85% Jed A. High (Socialist) 0.09% William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) 0.01% [19]
|
Montana |
Roy E. Ayers |
Democratic |
Defeated, 48.64% |
Sam C. Ford (Republican) 50.67% Arvo Fredrickson (Communist) 0.70% [20]
|
Nebraska |
Robert Leroy Cochran |
Democratic |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory |
Dwight Griswold (Republican) 60.86% Terry Carpenter (Democratic) 39.14% [21]
|
New Hampshire |
Francis P. Murphy |
Republican |
Retired, Republican victory |
Robert O. Blood (Republican) 50.74% F. Clyde Keefe (Democratic) 49.26% [22]
|
New Jersey |
A. Harry Moore |
Democratic |
Term-limited, Democratic victory |
Charles Edison (Democratic) 51.38% Robert C. Hendrickson (Republican) 48.04% Marion Douglas (Socialist) 0.40% Manuel Cantor (Communist) 0.08% John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) 0.07% Elmo L. Bateman (National Prohibition) 0.03% [23]
|
New Mexico |
John E. Miles |
Democratic |
Re-elected, 55.59% |
Maurice Miera (Republican) 44.41% [24]
|
North Carolina |
Clyde R. Hoey |
Democratic |
Term-limited, Democratic victory |
J. Melville Broughton (Democratic) 75.70% Robert H. McNeill (Republican) 24.30% [25]
|
North Dakota |
John Moses |
Democratic |
Re-elected, 63.11% |
Jack A. Patterson (Republican) 36.89% [26]
|
Ohio |
John W. Bricker |
Republican |
Re-elected, 55.55% |
Martin L. Davey (Democratic) 44.45% [27]
|
Rhode Island |
William Henry Vanderbilt III |
Republican |
Defeated, 44.08% |
J. Howard McGrath (Democratic) 55.84% Wilfred J. Boissy (Communist) 0.08% [28]
|
South Dakota |
Harlan J. Bushfield |
Republican |
Re-elected, 55.14% |
Lewis W. Bicknell (Democratic) 44.86% [29]
|
Tennessee |
Prentice Cooper |
Democratic |
Re-elected, 72.09% |
C. Arthur Bruce (Republican) 27.91% [30]
|
Texas |
W. Lee O'Daniel |
Democratic |
Re-elected, 94.43% |
George C. Hopkins (Republican) 5.55% Ben H. Lauderdale (Communist) 0.03% [31]
|
Utah |
Henry H. Blood |
Democratic |
Retired, Democratic victory |
Herbert B. Maw (Democratic) 52.07% Don B. Colton (Republican) 47.69% Ada Williams Quinn (Independent) 0.24% [32]
|
Vermont |
George Aiken |
Republican |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory |
William Henry Wills (Republican) 64.03% John McGrath (Democratic) 35.97% [33]
|
Washington |
Clarence D. Martin |
Democratic |
Defeated in Democratic primary, Republican victory |
Arthur B. Langlie (Republican) 50.24% Clarence Dill (Democratic) 49.49% John Brockway (Communist) 0.21% P. J. Ater (Socialist Labor) 0.06% [34]
|
West Virginia |
Homer A. Holt |
Democratic |
Term-limited, Democratic victory |
Matthew M. Neely (Democratic) 56.38% Daniel Boone Dawson (Republican) 43.62% [35]
|
Wisconsin |
Julius P. Heil |
Republican |
Re-elected, 40.67% |
Orland Steen Loomis (Progressive) 39.78% Francis E. McGovern (Democratic) 19.29% Fred B. Blair (Communist) 0.17% Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor) 0.08% Scattering 0.01% [36]
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