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1940 United States Senate election in Wyoming

The 1940 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 5, 1940. Democratic Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney ran for re-election to a second full term. He faced Republican Milward Simpson, a member of the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees and a former State Representative, in the general election. Though the presidential election in Wyoming was relatively close, O'Mahoney outperformed President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and defeated Simpson in a landslide to win his second term.

Democratic primary
CandidatesJoseph C. O'Mahoney, incumbent U.S. Senator • Cecil W. Clark, former Weston County Prosecuting Attorney Results ==Republican primary==
Republican primary
CandidatesMilward Simpson, member of the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees, former State Representative • Harry B. Henderson Jr., State Senator • Charles E. Winter, former U.S. Congressman • Irving W. Dinsmore, former State Senator • R. R. Crow, State Representative Results ==General election==
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