The 1914 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 3, 1914, and was the first popular Senate election held in the state after the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment. Incumbent Republican Senator Joseph L. Bristow ran for re-election to a second term, but he was narrowly defeated in the Republican primary by former Senator Charles Curtis. Two members of Congress—Democrat George A. Neeley from the 7th district and Progressive Victor Murdock from the 8th district—ran against Curtis in the general election. Curtis narrowly defeated them with a 36% plurality.
Democratic primary
Candidates George A. Neeley, U.S. Representative from Hugh P. Farrelly, Chanute attorney, 1900 Democratic nominee for Attorney General, 1906 Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor Frank Doster, former Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court Willis L. Brown, Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives Jeremiah D. Botkin, Warden of the Kansas State Penitentiary William F. Sapp, state Democratic National Committeeman William C. Plumb, oil company lawyer
Results
Republican primary
Candidates Charles Curtis, former U.S. Senator Joseph L. Bristow, incumbent U.S. Senator Henry H. Tucker, Jr., oil businessman A. M. Harvey, former Lieutenant Governor
Results
Prohibition primary
Candidates Earle R. DeLay
Results
Progressive primary
Candidates Victor Murdock, U.S. Representative from
Results
Socialist primary
Candidates Christian Balsac Hoffman
Results
General election
See also United States Senate elections, 1914
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