1946 United States Senate elections in Ohio

1946 United States Senate election in Ohio

← 1940 November 5, 1946 1952 →
 
Nominee John W. Bricker James W. Huffman
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,275,774 947,610
Percentage 57.02% 42.36%

U.S. senator before election

James W. Huffman
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

John W. Bricker
Republican

The 1946 United States Senate elections in Ohio was held on November 5, 1946, alongside a concurrent special election to the same seat.

Former Republican Governor of Ohio and 1944 nominee for the U.S. vice presidency John W. Bricker defeated Democratic interim senator James W. Huffman, who had been appointed to fill the vacant seat left by Supreme Court Justice Harold Hitz Burton. In a concurrent special election to finish Burton's unexpired term, Republican Kingsley Taft defeated Henry P. Webber.


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