The 1940 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 5, 1940. Incumbent United States Senator

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, who was first elected to the Senate in

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, and was re-elected in

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and

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, ran for re-election. Though he faced a serious challenger in the Democratic primary, he emerged victorious, and advanced to the general election, where he faced E. K. Cheadle, a state district judge and the

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nominee. Just like in 1934, Wheeler won re-election in a landslide, winning his fourth term in the Senate.

Democratic primary

Candidates

, incumbent

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*H. J. Freebourn,

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Results

Republican primary

Candidates

*E. K. Cheadle, Tenth Judicial Circuit District Judge *L. Ray Carroll, former

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*Floyd C. Fluent

Results

General election

Results

References

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1940 Montana elections