1952 United States Senate election in Montana


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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.

1952 United States Senate election in Montana
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Nominee Mike Mansfield Zales Ecton
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 133,109 127,360
Percentage 50.75% 48.56%

County results
Mansfield:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Ecton:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Zales Ecton
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Mike Mansfield
Democratic

  1. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  2. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved July 4, 2014.