- Source: 1940 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
The 1940 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 5, 1940.
Incumbent Progressive U.S. Senator Robert La Follette Jr. was elected to a third term in office over Republican Fred H. Clausen and Democrat James E. Finnegan.
Progressive primary
= Candidates
=Robert M. La Follette Jr., incumbent Senator since 1925
= Results
=Republican primary
= Candidates
=Walter B. Chilsen, former State Assemblyman (1919–21) and editor of the Merrill Daily Herald
Fred H. Clausen, farming equipment manufacturer
Michael G. Eberlein
Glenn Frank, former President of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
John P. Koehler, Health Commissioner of Milwaukee
William C. Maas
Reuben W. Peterson, former State Assemblyman (1937–39)
= Campaign
=Frank died two days before the primary, on September 15, but remained on the ballot.
= Results
=Democratic primary
= Candidates
=William D. Carroll, former State Senator (1933–37)
John Cudahy, former U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Irish Free State (write-in)
James E. Finnegan, former Wisconsin Attorney General (1933–37)
James J. Kerwin
= Results
=General election
= Candidates
=Fred H. Clausen, farming equipment manufacturer (Republican)
James E. Finnegan, former Wisconsin Attorney General (Democratic)
Ted Furman (Communist)
Robert M. La Follette Jr., incumbent Senator since 1925 (Progressive)
Adolf Wiggert (Socialist Labor)
= Results
=See also
1940 United States Senate elections
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