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The 1948 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Republican Senator George A. Wilson ran for re-election to a second term but was defeated by Democratic former Senator Guy Gillette.
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![]() County results Gillette: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Wilson: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George A. Wilson (incumbent) | 185,215 | 68.44% | |
Republican | John N. Calhoun | 85,402 | 31.56% | |
Total votes | 270,617 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Guy Gillette | 51,576 | 79.04% | |
Democratic | Ernest Seemann | 13,680 | 20.96% | |
Total votes | 65,256 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Guy Gillette | 578,226 | 57.80% | ![]() | |
Republican | George A. Wilson (incumbent) | 415,778 | 41.56% | ![]() | |
Progressive | Seymour Pitcher | 3,387 | 0.34% | N/A | |
Prohibition | Z. Everett Kellum | 2,580 | 0.26% | ![]() | |
Socialist | Hugo Bockewitz | 441 | 0.04% | N/A | |
Total votes | 1,000,412 | 100.00% |
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