The 1948 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on Tuesday November 2, to elect a United States Senator to class 2 United States Senate seat to represent of the State of Kansas for 6-year term. beginning January 3, 1949 ending January 3, 1955, Incumbent Republican Senator Arthur Capper declined to run for re-election to a sixth term. Former Governor Andrew F. Schoeppel won the Republican primary in a landslide and faced former U.S. Senator George McGill, the Democratic nominee. Schoeppel defeated Capper by a wide margin, outperforming Republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey, who defeated President Harry S. Truman in the state.
Democratic primary Candidates George McGill, former U.S. Senator E. K. Dean, former President of the Kansas Farmers Union
Results
Republican primary Candidates Andrew F. Schoeppel, former Governor of Kansas Harold H. Malone, Sedgwick County Attorney
Results
Prohibition primary Candidates C. Floyd Hester, former President of Miltonvale Wesleyan College, 1942 Prohibition Party nominee for the U.S. Senate
Results
General election Results
See also 1948 United States Senate elections
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