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(Top) 1 Election information 2 Democratic primary 2.1 Candidates 2.2 Results 3 Republican primary 4 General election 5 See also 6 References

1942 United States Senate election in Illinois

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← 1940 (special)

November 3, 1942

1948 →


Nominee	Charles W. Brooks	Raymond S. McKeough
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,582,887	1,380,011
Percentage	53.24%	46.41%

Results by county
Brooks: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
McKeough: 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Charles W. Brooks
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Charles W. Brooks
Republican

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The 1942 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1942.^[1] Incumbent Republican Charles W. Brooks was reelected.

Election information[edit]

The primaries and general election coincided with those for House and those for state elections.^[1]

Primaries were held April 14, 1942.^[1]

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly, perennial candidate
Paul Douglas, Chicago Alderman
Raymond S. McKeough, U.S. Representative from Chicago

Results[edit]

Democratic primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raymond S. McKeough	578,231	63.90
	Democratic	Paul Douglas	284,210	31.41
	Democratic	Lar Daly	42,418	4.69
	Write-in	Others	1	0.00
Total votes			904,860	100

Republican primary[edit]

Republican primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	C. Wayland Brooks (incumbent)	696,024	80.41
	Republican	Warren Wright	142,025	16.41
	Republican	William J. Baker	27,571	3.19
	Write-in	Others	1	0.00
Total votes			865,621	100

General election[edit]

1942 United States Senate election in Illinois^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles W. Brooks (incumbent)	1,582,887	53.24
	Democratic	Raymond S. McKeough	1,380,011	46.41
	Prohibition	Enoch A. Holtwick	10,331	0.35
	Write-in	Others	32	0.00
Majority			202,876	6.83
Turnout			2,973,261
	Republican hold

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION, November 3, 1942 JUDICIAL ELECTIONS, 1941-1942 PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, April 14, 1942" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved August 4, 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1942" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved July 2, 2014.

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