NE-SEN 1936: George Norris (I) v. Simmons (R) v. Carpenter (D)

[RBH]

Now this is a fun map



Norris - 44
Simmons - 38
Carpenter - 18

George Norris (I-McCook), 75, Veteran Senator, Endorsed FDR in 1932 as a Republican, endorsed by FDR and leading Democrats

Robert Simmons (R-Scottsbluff), 44, Congressman from 1923 to 1933, Ran for Senator in 1934 and 1936

Terry Carpenter (D-Scottsbluff), 36, Congressman from 1933 to 1935, Ran for Governor in 1934

Carpenter's entire profile from his Congressional Bio:

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More on Carpenter from Time

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Hey, this is a lot like Lieberman/Lamont, only if Lieberman was displaced by an incumbent Democratic Congressman.

Sources:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/Blue_Book/1936/pages/bb360456.htm
http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/Blue_Book/1936/pages/bb360458.htm

But geez.. Carpenter has a very.. unique profile

The website in question doesn't have any info for Norris' 1942 race though.

[minionofmidas]

Carpenter's support's concentration is ... interesting.

I might check the Census for the German ancestry proportions of that area...

[Rob]

I uploaded this data onto Atlas, along with a few other races, here. You can only see the maps if you have a paid membership, though.