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The 1948 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Homer S. Ferguson was re-elected to a second term in office over U.S. Representative Frank E. Hook.
General election
Candidates
- Genora Dollinger
- Homer S. Ferguson, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1943 (Republican)
- Thomas A. Grove (Socialist Labor)
- Frank E. Hook, U.S. Representative from the Upper Peninsula (Democratic)
- Harold A. Lindahl (Prohibition)
- Michael Magee (Socialist)
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Homer S. Ferguson (incumbent) | 1,045,156 | 50.68% |  1.13
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| Democratic | Frank E. Hook | 1,000,329 | 48.51% | 1.31
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| Prohibition | Harold A. Lindahl | 12,146 | 0.59% | 0.04
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| Socialist | Michael Magee | 2,160 | 0.11% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Theos A. Grove | 1,418 | 0.07% | N/A | |
| Socialist Workers | Genora Dollinger | 886 | 0.04% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 2,062,095 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
See also
References
- Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1948). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1948" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
- "Our Campaigns: MI U.S. Senate". Our Campaigns.
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