1926 United States Senate elections in Iowa

1926 U.S. Senate election in Iowa

← 1920 November 2, 1926 1932 →
 
Nominee Smith W. Brookhart Claude R. Porter
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 323,409 247,869
Percentage 56.61% 43.39%

County results
Brookhart:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Porter:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

David W. Stewart
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Smith W. Brookhart
Republican

The 1926 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 2, 1926, alongside a concurrent special election to the same seat.

Incumbent Senator Albert B. Cummins ran for re-election to a fourth term in office but was defeated in the Republican primary by former Senator Smith W. Brookhart, who had been removed from office by a vote of the Senate in 1924.

After his primary loss, Senator Cummins died on July 30. Republicans nominated David W. Stewart, a Sioux City attorney and Cummins supporter, to run for the unexpired term ending in March 1927. Stewart was then appointed to the seat by Governor John Hammill and ran unopposed in the special election, which was held concurrently with the regular election.


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