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The 1954 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 2, 1954. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Homer S. Ferguson ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by the Democratic Detroit Board of Education member Patrick V. McNamara.
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County results McNamara: 50–60% 60–70% Ferguson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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The campaign was cut short abruptly when Blair Moody died of a heart attack fourteen days before the August 3 primary.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Patrick V. McNamara | 226,686 | 64.21% | |
Democratic | Blair Moody (deceased) | 126,335 | 35.78% | |
Total votes | 353,046 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Patrick V. McNamara | 1,088,550 | 50.75% | 2.24 | |
Republican | Homer S. Ferguson (incumbent) | 1,049,420 | 48.93% | 1.75 | |
Prohibition | Leroy M. Lowell | 4,841 | 0.23% | 0.36 | |
Socialist Labor | James Sim | 1,126 | 0.05% | 0.02 | |
Socialist Workers | Rita Shaw | 902 | 0.04% | 0.03 | |
Write-in | 1 | 0.00% | |||
Total votes | 2,144,840 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
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