1942 United States Senate election in Nebraska

The 1942 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 3, 1942.

1942 United States Senate election in Nebraska
November 3, 1942
 
Nominee Kenneth Wherry George Norris Foster May
Party Republican Independent Democratic
Popular vote 186,207 108,899 83,763
Percentage 48.97% 28.64% 22.03%
County results
Wherry:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Norris:      30–40%      30–40%
May:      30–40%
U.S. senator before election

George W. Norris
Independent

 Elected U.S. Senator

Kenneth Wherry
Republican

Incumbent Independent George W. Norris lost re-election to a sixth term to Republican Kenneth Wherry.

Norris, a former Republican, was quoted as remarking, “I would rather go down to my political grave with a clear conscience than ride in the chariot of victory.” In part for his honesty with constituents even if it meant defeat, Norris was later featured in John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage.

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