1950 United States Senate elections in Kansas

1950 United States Senate special election in Kansas
November 7, 1950
 
Nominee Frank Carlson Paul Aiken
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 335,880 271,365
Percentage 54.25% 43.83%
County results
Carlson:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%
Aiken:      40–50%      50–60%
Senator before election

Harry Darby
Republican

 Elected Senator

Frank Carlson
Republican

The 1950 United States Senate elections in Kansas took place on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Republican Senator Clyde M. Reed died in office on November 8, 1949. Governor Frank Carlson appointed Harry Darby to serve out the remaining year of Reed's term. Two elections for the same Senate seat were held on the same day: one as a special election to fill the remainder of Reed's six-year term, and another to elect a Senator to serve the next six-year term. Darby did not seek re-election. Instead, Governor Carlson ran, won the Republican primary, and defeated Democratic nominee Paul Aiken, the former Assistant U.S. Postmaster General, by a wide margin.

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