The 1950 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Republican Senator
Bourke B. Hickenlooper was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic U.S. Undersecertary of Agriculture
Albert J. Loveland.
Primary elections were held on June 5. Senator Hickenlooper faced nominal opposition for re-nomination in the Republican primary, while Loveland won a plurality over a five-man Democratic field including former Governor
Nelson G. Kraschel and former U.S. Representative
Otha Wearin
Otha Donner Wearin (January 10, 1903 – April 3, 1990) was a writer and politician. Elected as the youngest member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's first "New Deal" Congress, his political career stalled in 1938 when he gave up his seat at Roosevelt's ...
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Republican primary
Candidates
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Bourke B. Hickenlooper, incumbent Senator since 1945
*Harry B. Thompson
*Earl F. Wisdom
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Nelson G. Kraschel, former Governor of Iowa (1937–39)
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Albert J. Loveland, U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture
*Alvin P. Meyer
*Ernest J. Seemann, perennial candidate
*W.M. Shaw, candidate for U.S. House in 1938
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Otha Wearin
Otha Donner Wearin (January 10, 1903 – April 3, 1990) was a writer and politician. Elected as the youngest member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's first "New Deal" Congress, his political career stalled in 1938 when he gave up his seat at Roosevelt's ...
, former U.S. Representative from
Glenwood (1933–39)
Results
After losing the primary, Seemann entered the general election as a States' Rights candidate.
General election
Candidates
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Bourke B. Hickenlooper, incumbent Senator since 1945 (Republican)
*Z. Everett Kellum (Prohibition)
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Albert J. Loveland, United States Undersecretary of Agriculture (Democratic)
*Leslie O. Ludwig (Socialist Labor)
*Ernest J. Seemann, perennial candidate (States' Rights)
Results
See also
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1950 United States Senate elections
The 1950 United States Senate elections occurred in the middle of Harry S. Truman's second term as president. As with most 20th-century second-term midterms, the party not holding the presidency made significant gains. The Republican opposition ...
References
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1950
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Iowa
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
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