1946 United States Senate election in New York

The 1946 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 5, 1946.

1946 United States Senate election in New York

November 5, 1946

Nominee Irving Ives Herbert Lehman Party Republican Democratic Alliance Liberal American Labor Popular vote 2,559,365 2,308,112 Percentage 52.58% 47.42%

U.S. senator before election James M. Mead Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Irving M. Ives Republican

Republican convention

The Republican state convention met on September 4 at Saratoga Springs, New York. They nominated Assembly Majority Leader Irving M. Ives.[1]

Democratic convention

The Democratic state convention met on September 4 at Albany, New York, and nominated former Governor Herbert H. Lehman.[2]

Independents and third parties

American Labor

The American Labor state convention met on September 3 and endorsed Lehman.[3]

Liberal

The Liberal Party of New York nominated Lehmann. The Liberal Party gathered 51,015 signatures and filed a petition to nominate candidates with the Secretary of State on September 2. [4]

Socialist Labor

The Socialist Labor state convention met on April 7 and nominated Eric Hass for the U.S. Senate.[5] The party filed a petition to nominate candidates under the name "Industrial Government Party."

Others

The Industrial Government, Socialist and Socialist Workers tickets were not allowed on the ballot because of "defective nominating petitions." The Court of Appeals upheld the decisions of the lower courts.[6]

General election

Results

The whole Republican ticket was elected in a landslide.

General election results[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Irving M. Ives	2,559,365	52.58%	5.92
	Total	Herbert Lehman	2,308,112	47.42%
	Democratic	Herbert Lehman	1,688,887	34.70%
	American Labor	Herbert Lehman	435,846	8.95%
	Liberal	Herbert Lehman	183,379	3.77%
Total votes			4,867,477	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Obs.:

• "Blank, void and scattering" votes: 178,694

References

1. "ALBANY 'TEAM' KEPT". The New York Times. September 5, 1946.
2. "DEWEY IS ASSAILED; ...MEAD SPURNS ANY RED AID". The New York Times. September 5, 1946.
3. "DEMOCRATIC DEAL IRKS LABOR PARTY". The New York Times. September 4, 1946.
4. "LIBERALS TO FILE PETITIONS TODAY". The New York Times. September 2, 1946.
5. "Socialist Labor Party Ticket". The New York Times. April 8, 1946.
6. "MINOR PARTIES RULED OFF BALLOT IN STATE". The New York Times. October 26, 1946.
7. "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1946". OurCampaigns. Retrieved August 18, 2019.