1944 United States Senate election in Kansas

1944 United States Senate election in Kansas
November 7, 1944
 
Nominee Clyde M. Reed Thurman Hill
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 387,090 272,053
Percentage 57.84% 40.65%
County results
Reed:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Hill:      50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Clyde M. Reed
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Clyde M. Reed
Republican

The 1944 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Republican Senator Clyde M. Reed ran for re-election to a second term. He was initially challenged by former Senator George McGill, whom he had defeated in 1938. However, after winning the Democratic nomination, McGill withdrew from the race to accept an appointment to the U.S. Tariff Commission. McGill was replaced as the Democratic nominee by Thurman Hill, an Independence attorney and former Public Service Commissioner. Reed defeated Hill in a landslide as Republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey handily won the state over President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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