1952 United States Senate election in Wyoming

1952 United States Senate election in Wyoming
November 4, 1952
 
Nominee Frank A. Barrett Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 67,176 62,921
Percentage 51.64% 48.36%
County results
Barrett:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
O'Mahoney:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. senator before election

Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Frank A. Barrett
Republican

The 1952 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place November 4, 1952. Incumbent Democratic senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney ran for his fourth consecutive term. He faced a strong challenge from Republican governor Frank A. Barrett, and faced difficult headwinds as Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican nominee for president, was winning Wyoming in a landslide over Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson. Despite his history of strong performances in the increasingly conservative state, however, O'Mahoney was unable to replicate it, and narrowly lost to Barrett. However, O'Mahoney later returned to the Senate as he held Wyoming’s other Senate seat from 1954 to 1961.


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