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County results Wherry: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Carpenter: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Nebraska |
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Government |
The 1948 United States Senate election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1948. Senate Majority Whip Kenneth S. Wherry was re-elected to a second term, defeating former Representative Terry Carpenter. He won by a larger margin than 1942, due to the absence of a third party candidate. Wherry overperformed Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey by 2.55%, who won the state with 54.15% in the presidential election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Terry Carpenter | 43,034 | 55.50 | |
Democratic | Albin T. Anderson | 26,233 | 33.83 | |
Democratic | George W. Olsen | 8,274 | 10.67 | |
Democratic | Scattering | 2 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 77,543 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kenneth S. Wherry (Incumbent) | 134,479 | 83.53 | |
Republican | Joseph B. Bovey | 26,468 | 16.44 | |
Republican | Scattering | 49 | 0.03 | |
Total votes | 160,996 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Kenneth S. Wherry (Incumbent) | 267,575 | 56.67 | +7.70 | |
Democratic | Terry Carpenter | 204,320 | 43.27 | +21.24 | |
N/A | Scattering | 261 | 0.06 | N/A | |
Majority | 63,255 | 13.40 | -6.93 | ||
Turnout | 472,156 | ||||
Republican hold |
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County results Wherry: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Carpenter: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Nebraska |
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Government |
The 1948 United States Senate election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1948. Senate Majority Whip Kenneth S. Wherry was re-elected to a second term, defeating former Representative Terry Carpenter. He won by a larger margin than 1942, due to the absence of a third party candidate. Wherry overperformed Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey by 2.55%, who won the state with 54.15% in the presidential election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Terry Carpenter | 43,034 | 55.50 | |
Democratic | Albin T. Anderson | 26,233 | 33.83 | |
Democratic | George W. Olsen | 8,274 | 10.67 | |
Democratic | Scattering | 2 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 77,543 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kenneth S. Wherry (Incumbent) | 134,479 | 83.53 | |
Republican | Joseph B. Bovey | 26,468 | 16.44 | |
Republican | Scattering | 49 | 0.03 | |
Total votes | 160,996 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Kenneth S. Wherry (Incumbent) | 267,575 | 56.67 | +7.70 | |
Democratic | Terry Carpenter | 204,320 | 43.27 | +21.24 | |
N/A | Scattering | 261 | 0.06 | N/A | |
Majority | 63,255 | 13.40 | -6.93 | ||
Turnout | 472,156 | ||||
Republican hold |