The 1946 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 1946. It was the first election to either of Minnesota's seats in the United States Senate held since the

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and the Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota merged in 1944, to form the

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. Incumbent

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was defeated in the Republican primary by

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, who went on to defeat DFL challenger Theodore Jorgenson in the general election.

Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

Candidates

Declared

* Victor D. Engstrom * Theodore Jorgenson * Frank Patrick Ryan

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

* Carl Krause * John C. Peterson * W. F. Schilling *

, Incumbent

since 1923 * Edward J. Thye,

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since 1943

Results

General election

Results

References

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1946 Minnesota elections

Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

General election

Results

See also

References