Election Name: | 1940 United States Senate election in Wyoming |
Country: | Wyoming |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1934 United States Senate elections in Wyoming |
Previous Year: | 1934 |
Next Election: | 1946 United States Senate election in Wyoming |
Next Year: | 1946 |
Election Date: | November 5, 1940 |
Image1: | Sen. Joseph O'Mahoney, LCCN2016876768 (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Joseph C. O'Mahoney |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 65,022 |
Percentage1: | 58.74% |
Nominee2: | Milward Simpson |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 45,682 |
Percentage2: | 41.26% |
Map Size: | 250px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Joseph C. O'Mahoney |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Joseph C. O'Mahoney |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
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's narrow win, and defeated Simpson in a landslide to win his second term.