1950 United States Senate election in California

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1950_United_States_Senate_election_in_California

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	1950-06-06 1950-11-07
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1950 United States Senate election in California
gptkbp:incumbent	gptkb:Democratic_Party_(United_States) gptkb:Sheridan_Downey
gptkbp:losses	gptkb:Helen_Gahagan_Douglas
gptkbp:mainCandidate	gptkb:Richard_Nixon gptkb:Helen_Gahagan_Douglas gptkb:Manchester_Boddy Raymond L. Haight
gptkbp:nextEdition	1956 United States Senate election in California
gptkbp:notable_campaign	gptkb:Korean_War gptkb:international_relations gptkb:McCarthyism anti-communism
gptkbp:notableEvent	Nixon's campaign accused Douglas of being 'pink right down to her underwear' Helen Gahagan Douglas was one of the first women to run for Senate in California Sheridan Downey retired before the election Richard Nixon resigned from the House to run for Senate
gptkbp:notableFor	accusations of communism against Douglas notorious campaign tactics use of 'pink sheet' by Nixon campaign
gptkbp:notableWinner	gptkb:James_Roosevelt gptkb:Manchester_Boddy gptkb:Sheridan_Downey Jack B. Tenney Raymond L. Haight
gptkbp:officeContested	U.S. Senator from California
gptkbp:partyOfLoser	gptkb:Democratic_Party_(United_States)
gptkbp:percentageForHelenGahaganDouglas	40.8%
gptkbp:percentageForRichardNixon	59.2%
gptkbp:previousEdition	1944 United States Senate election in California
gptkbp:primaryCandidate	gptkb:James_Roosevelt gptkb:Helen_Gahagan_Douglas gptkb:Manchester_Boddy Raymond L. Haight
gptkbp:primaryWinnerDemocratic	gptkb:Helen_Gahagan_Douglas
gptkbp:primaryWinnerRepublican	gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:state	gptkb:California
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:type	gptkb:politics
gptkbp:votesForHelenGahaganDouglas	1,502,507
gptkbp:votesForRichardNixon	2,183,454
gptkbp:winner	gptkb:Republican_Party_(United_States) gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:United_States_Senate_(California,_1950)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7