1946 Senatorial Special Election Results

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Senatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

William F. Knowland

Write-in

425,273

74.31%

Will Rogers Jr.

Write-in

90,723

15.85%

Scattering

Write-in

23,619

4.13%

George H. McLain

Write-in

17,883

3.12%

Ellis E. Patterson

Write-in

3,889

0.68%

Douglas Corrigan

Write-in

2,464

0.43%

Vic Paulsen

Write-in

1,616

0.28%

Moody Staten

Write-in

1,494

0.26%

Other (+)

5,360

0.94%

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1946 California County Map of Special Election Results for Senator

Election Notes:

Special election to fill vacancy caused by death of Hiram Johnson on August 6, 1945. William Knowland was initially appointed to finish the term ending January 3, 1947, pending a special election in 1946. Knowland ran in both the special and regular elections in November 1946.
This election was entirely Write-in; no candidate names appeared on the ballot. All names receiving fewer than 500 votes were included under Scattering.

Demographic Data

1950 Population:	10,586,223	Enum.	1950 Population Density:	26.2	persons/km²
1940 Population:	6,907,387	Enum.	1940 Population Density:	17.1	persons/km²
Land Area (2000):	403,933	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	4.4	%

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: California Secretary of State. State of California Statement of Vote General Election November 5, 1946, California Secretary of State (https://archive.org/details/stateofcaliforn194050cali/page/n343/mode/2up?view=theater) (accessed 19 Sep 2023)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

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