1940 United States Senate election in Connecticut

The United States Senate election of 1940 in Connecticut was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic Senator Francis T. Maloney was re-elected to a second term in office. Maloney did not complete the term; he died in 1945. This was the first time that the Democrats were ever re-elected to the Senate from the state.

1940 United States Senate election in Connecticut

← 1934 November 5, 1940 1946 →

Nominee Francis T. Maloney Paul L. Cornell Party Democratic Republican Alliance Union Popular vote 416,740 358,313 Percentage 53.15% 45.70%

County results Municipality results Maloney:      40–50%      50–60%      60-70% Cornell:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

U.S. senator before election Francis T. Maloney Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Francis T. Maloney Democratic

General election

Candidates

• Paul L. Cornell (Republican and Union)
• James A. Hutchin (Socialist Labor)
• Francis T. Maloney, incumbent Senator since 1935 (Democratic)
• Kenneth W. Thurlow (Socialist)
• Isadore Wofsy (Communist)

Results

1940 U.S. Senate election in Connecticut^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Francis T. Maloney (incumbent)	416,740	53.15%	4.74
	Republican	Paul L. Cornell	357,574	45.60%	0.46
	Union	Paul L. Cornell	798	0.10%	N/A
	Total	Paul L. Cornell	358,313	45.70%	N/A
	Socialist	Kenneth W. Thurlow	6,557	0.84%	5.10
	Socialist Labor	James A. Hutchin	1,343	0.17%	N/A
	Communist	Isadore Wofsy	1,114	0.14%	0.09
Total votes			784,067	100.00%
	Democratic hold