United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1940

November 5, 1940



Nominee	Joseph F. Guffey	Jay Cooke
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	2,069,980	1,893,104
Percentage	51.8%	47.4%

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Joseph F. Guffey
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Joseph F. Guffey
Democratic

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The 1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey successfully sought re-election to another term, defeating the Republican nominee, Jay Cooke.

1 Major candidates
- 1.1 Democratic
- 1.2 Republican
2 Results
3 References

Major candidates

Democratic

Joseph F. Guffey, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

Jay Cooke

Results

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph F. Guffey (inc.)	2,069,980	51.79%	+1.01%
	Republican	Jay Cooke	1,893,104	47.36%	-0.90%
	Socialist	David H.H. Felix	15,449	0.39%	0.00%
	Prohibition	H. B. Mansell	11,113	0.28%	-0.40%
	Communist	Carl Reeve	4,761	0.12%	-0.09%
	Socialist Labor	Frank Knotek	2,503	0.06%	-0.10%
	N/A	Other	110	0.00%	N/A
Totals			3,997,020	100.00%

References

^ "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 5, 1940". Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

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