1958 United States Senate election in Minnesota

1958 United States Senate election in Minnesota
	November 4, 1958
	County results; McCarthy: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Thye: 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; Edward John Thye; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Eugene J. McCarthy; Democratic (DFL)

The 1958 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 1958. Democratic U.S. Representative Eugene McCarthy defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Edward John Thye, who sought a third term. With his victory, McCarthy became the first Democrat ever to be popularly elected to Minnesota's Class 1 Senate seat, and marked the first time since 1859 that Democrats held both Senate seats in the state.

Democratic–Farmer-Labor primary

Eugene J. McCarthy, U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 4th congressional district since 1949
Hans R. Miller
Hjalmar Petersen, 23rd Governor of Minnesota (1936–1937) and 28th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota (1935–1936)

Democratic primary election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Eugene J. McCarthy	279,796	75.65%
	Democratic (DFL)	Hjalmar Petersen	76,340	20.64%
	Democratic (DFL)	Hans R. Miller	13,736	3.71%
Total votes			369,872	100.00%

Republican primary

Mrs. Peder P. Schmidt
Edward C. Slettedahl
Edward John Thye, Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1947

Republican primary election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward John Thye (incumbent)	224,833	91.81%
	Republican	Edward C. Slettedahl	13,734	5.61%
	Republican	Mrs. Peder P. Schmidt	6,332	2.58%
Total votes			244,899	100.00%

General election

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Eugene J. McCarthy	608,847	52.95%
	Republican	Edward John Thye (incumbent)	535,629	46.58%
	Socialist Workers	William M. Curran	5,407	0.47%
Total votes			1,149,883	100.00%
	Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican

References

^ "Our Campaigns - MN US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 09, 1958".
^ "Primary Election Returns on Election held September 9, 1958" (PDF). Minnesota Legislature.
^ "Our Campaigns - MN US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1964".

[1] "Our Campaigns - MN US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 09, 1958".

[2] "Primary Election Returns on Election held September 9, 1958" (PDF). Minnesota Legislature.

[3] "Our Campaigns - MN US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1964".

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