1948 United States Senate election in South Dakota
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{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1948 United States Senate election in South Dakota
| country = South Dakota
| flag_year = 1909
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1942 United States Senate election in South Dakota
| previous_year = 1942
| next_election = 1954 United States Senate election in South Dakota
| next_year = 1954
| election_date = November 2, 1948
| image_size = x150px
| image1 = File:Rep. Karl Mundt, Repub., of S.D., 2-21-40 LCCN2016877155 (cropped).jpg
| nominee1 = Karl E. Mundt
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = 144,084
| percentage1 = 59.33%
| image2 =
| nominee2 = John A. Engel
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 98,749
| percentage2 = 40.67%
| map_size = 240px
| map_image = 1948 United States Senate election in South Dakota results map by county.svg
| map_caption = County results
Mundt: {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#d72f30|70–80%}} {{legend0|#c21b18|80–90%}}
Engel: {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}}
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = Vera C. Bushfield
| before_party = Republican Party (United States)
| after_election = Karl E. Mundt
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{ElectionsSD}}
The 1948 United States Senate election in South Dakota took place on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Republican Senator Harlan J. Bushfield, suffering from poor health, declined to run for re-election. On September 27, 1948, he died in office; his wife, Vera C. Bushfield, was appointed to succeed him. Congressman Karl E. Mundt easily won the Republican primary and advanced to the general election, where he was opposed by Democratic nominee John A. Engel, an attorney. Hundt defeated Engel in a landslide.
Democratic primary
John A. Engel, an attorney from Avon,{{cite news|date=April 15, 1948|title=Engel To Seek U.S. Senate Seat|work=The Huronite and the Daily Plainsman|location=Huron, S.D.|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/31322354/|access-date=June 10, 2021}} was the only Democratic candidate to file for the U.S. Senate and he won the nomination unopposed, thereby removing it from the primary election ballot.{{cite news|date=May 3, 1948|title=Three Major Contests in S. D. Party Primary|work=Argus Leader|location=Sioux Falls, S.D.|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/229123993/|access-date=June 10, 2021}}
Republican primary
=Candidates=
- Karl E. Mundt, U.S. Congressman from South Dakota's 1st congressional district
- Otto B. Lindstad, State Senator, former Assistant State Attorney General{{cite news|date=January 23, 1948|title=Statehouse Republicans Say Mickelson Might Seek Senate|work=Argus Leader|location=Sioux Falls, S.D.|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/229054667/|access-date=June 10, 2021}}
=Results=
{{Election box begin no change
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Karl E. Mundt
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 65,595
| percentage = 84.51%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Otto B. Lindstad
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 12,022
| percentage = 15.49%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 77,617
| percentage= 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
General election
=Results=
{{Election box begin | title=1948 United States Senate election in South Dakota}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Karl E. Mundt
|votes = 144,084
|percentage = 59.33%
|change = +0.59%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = John A. Engel
|votes = 98,749
|percentage = 40.67%
|change = -0.59%
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 45,335
|percentage = 18.67%
|change = +1.19%
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 242,833
|percentage = 100.00%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
|loser = Democratic Party (United States)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{1948 United States elections}}
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