1940 United States Senate election in Connecticut

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1940 United States Senate election in Connecticut

| country = Connecticut

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1934 United States Senate election in Connecticut

| previous_year = 1934

| next_election = 1946 United States Senate election in Connecticut

| next_year = 1946

| election_date = November 5, 1940

| image_size = x150px

| image1 = File:FrancisMaloney.jpg

| nominee1 = Francis T. Maloney

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| popular_vote1 = 416,740

| percentage1 = 53.15%

| image2 = 3x4.svg

| nominee2 = Paul L. Cornell

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| alliance2 = Union Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 358,313

| percentage2 = 45.70%

| map = {{switcher|220px

|County results

|220px

|Municipality results}}

| map_size = 200px

| map_caption = Maloney: {{legend0|#A5B0FF|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60-70%}}
Cornell: {{legend0|#e27f7f|50-60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60-70%}} {{legend0|#d72f30|70-80%}}

| title = U.S. Senator

| before_election = Francis T. Maloney

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = Francis T. Maloney

| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

The United States Senate election of 1940 in Connecticut was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic Senator Francis T. Maloney was re-elected to a second term in office. Maloney did not complete the term; he died in 1945. This was the first time that the Democrats were ever re-elected to the Senate from the state.

General election

=Candidates=

Paul L. Cornell (Republican and Union)
James A. Hutchin (Socialist Labor)
Francis T. Maloney, incumbent Senator since 1935 (Democratic)
Kenneth W. Thurlow (Socialist)
Isadore Wofsy (Communist)

=Results=

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Francis T. Maloney (incumbent)

|votes = 416,740

|percentage = 53.15%

|change = {{increase}}4.74

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Paul L. Cornell

|votes = 357,574

|percentage = 45.60%

|change = {{increase}}0.46

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Union Party (United States)

|candidate = Paul L. Cornell

|votes = 798

|percentage = 0.10%

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Total

|candidate = Paul L. Cornell

|votes = 358,313

|percentage = 45.70%

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Party of America

|candidate = Kenneth W. Thurlow

|votes = 6,557

|percentage = 0.84%

|change = {{decrease}}5.10

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Labor Party of America

|candidate = James A. Hutchin

|votes = 1,343

|percentage = 0.17%

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party USA

|candidate = Isadore Wofsy

|votes = 1,114

|percentage = 0.14%

|change = {{decrease}}0.09

}}

{{Election box total|

|votes = 784,067

|percentage = 100.00%

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Democratic Party (US)

|loser = Republican Party (US)

|swing =

}}

References

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Connecticut

1940

Category:1940 Connecticut elections