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1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
	County results Guffey: 50–60% 60–70% Cooke: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
U.S. senator before election; Joseph F. Guffey; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Joseph F. Guffey; Democratic

The 1940 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey successfully sought re-election to another term, defeating the Republican nominee, Jay Cooke.

As of 2023, this is the last time that Mifflin County and Montour County voted Democratic in a Senate election. This was also the last time until 1991 that Democrats won this Senate seat, and the last until 2006 that they were elected to this seat for a full term.

General election

Candidates

Joseph F. Guffey, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic)
Jay Cooke (Republican)

Results

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph F. Guffey (inc.)	2,069,980	51.79%	1.01
	Republican	Jay Cooke	1,893,104	47.36%	0.90
	Socialist	David H.H. Felix	15,449	0.39%
	Prohibition	H. B. Mansell	11,113	0.28%	0.40
	Communist	Carl Reeve	4,761	0.12%	0.09
	Socialist Labor	Frank Knotek	2,503	0.06%	0.10
	Write-in		110	0.00%
Totals			3,997,020	100.00%

References

^ "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 5, 1940" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

[results-1] "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 5, 1940" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

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