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The 1954 United States Senate elections in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1954, for the Class II United States Senate seat. Incumbent Republican Senator Kenneth S. Wherry was elected to a second term in 1948, and died in office on November 29, 1951. Governor Val Peterson appointed Fred A. Seaton to hold the seat until the 1952 election. At the 1952 special election, former Governor Dwight Griswold was elected to serve out the remaining two years of Wherry's term. Griswold was a candidate for a full term, however, Griswold died suddenly on April 12, 1954, prompting another special election. Governor Robert B. Crosby appointed Eva Bowring to fill the seat until the November 2, 1954 special election.
Contents
- Democratic primary
- Regular election
- Special election
- Republican primary
- Regular election 2
- Special election 2
- General election
- Regular election 3
- Special election 3
- References
At the same time as the special election, a regular election was held on the same day to elect a Senator to serve for the next six-year term. Bowring did not seek both the final months of Wherry's term and a full six-year term. In the special election, Hazel Abel, the vice-chairman of the State Republican Central Committee, won the Republican primary for the special election and defeated Democratic nominee William H. Meier. On the same day, Congressman Carl Curtis, a Republican, defeated former Governor Keith Neville, the Democratic nominee in the general election for the full six-year term.
Coincidentally, on the same day, another special election was held to fill the remaining four years of the term of the late Senator Hugh A. Butler, who was elected at the 1952 regular election and died on July 1, 1954.