The 1944 United States Senate election in California was held on November 7, 1944.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Sheridan Downey was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican Lieutenant Governor Frederick F. Houser.
Democratic primary Candidates Justus F. Craemer Irene Dockweiler Sheridan Downey, incumbent Senator since 1939 John J. Taheney Jack B. Tenney, singer and anti-communist State Senator from Banning
Results
Republican primary Candidates Philip Bancroft, 1938 Republican nominee for Senate William G. Bonelli, former member of the California Board of Equalization, former Los Angeles City Councilman, and State Representative Roland C. Casad, perennial candidate Justus F. Craemer John S. Crowder Frederick F. Houser, Lieutenant Governor of California Charles G. Johnson, California State Treasurer Alonzo J. Riggs John J. Taheney Jack B. Tenney, singer and anti-communist State Senator from Banning Results
Prohibition primary Candidates Sheridan Downey, incumbent Senator since 1939 (cross-filing) Frederick F. Houser, Lieutenant Governor of California (cross-filing) Results
General election
Results
See also 1944 United States Senate elections
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