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The 1938 United States Senate election in Arkansas took place on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Senator Hattie Caraway ran for a second term in office. After narrowly defeating U.S. Representative John Little McClellan in the Democratic primary, she easily won the general election over Republican C.D. Atkinson.

Caraway, already the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, became the first woman elected to a second term in office.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1938 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hattie Caraway (incumbent) 145,472 51.04%
Democratic John L. McClellan 134,708 47.27%
Democratic J. Rosser Venable 4,813 1.69%
Total votes 284,993 100.00%

General election

Results

1938 U.S. Senate election in Arkansas[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hattie Caraway (incumbent) 122,883 89.58%
Republican C. D. Atkinson 14,290 10.42%
Total votes 137,173 100.00%

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