United States Senate election in Montana, 1952

November 4, 1952



Nominee	Mike Mansfield	Zales Ecton
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	133,109	127,360
Percentage	50.75%	48.56%

U.S. Senator before election

Zales Ecton
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Mike Mansfield
Democratic

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The 1952 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 4, 1952. Incumbent United States Senator Zales Ecton, who was first elected to the Senate in 1946, ran for re-election. Ecton won the Republican primary uncontested, and advanced to the general election, where he faced Mike Mansfield, the United States Congressman from Montana's 1st congressional district and the Democratic nominee. Following a close campaign, Mansfield narrowly defeated Ecton, winning his first of several terms in the Senate.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Mike Mansfield, United States Congressman from Montana's 1st congressional district

Results

Democratic Party primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Mansfield	74,239	100.00
Total votes			74,239	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Zales Ecton, incumbent United States Senator

Results

Republican Primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Zales Ecton (inc.)	71,629	100.00
Total votes			71,629	100.00

General election

Results

United States Senate election in Montana, 1952^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Mike Mansfield	133,109	50.75%	+5.37%
	Republican	Zales Ecton (incumbent	127,360	48.56%	-4.92%
	Progressive	Larry Price	1,828	0.70%
Majority			5,749	2.19%	-5.90%
Turnout			262,297
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

References

1 2 "Report of the Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the Primary Election Held in the State of Montana, July 15, 1952" (PDF). Montana Secretary of State. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved July 4, 2014.

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