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    1942 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
    ← 1940 November 3, 1942 (1942-11-03) 1944 →
    All 6 Florida seats to the United States House of Representatives
      Majority party Minority party
     
    Party Democratic Republican
    Last election 5 0
    Seats won 6 0
    Popular vote 94,459 12,631
    Percentage 88.18% 11.79%
    Results by district
    Democratic:      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

    The 1942 United States House of Representatives Elections in Florida were held on November 3, 1942 to determine who would represent the state of Florida in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 78th Congress from January 1943 until January 1945. Florida had 6 seats including one at-large district due to redistricting.

    The Democratic party held on to all their seats in Florida. The Republican Party only ran candidates in two districts the 4th and 5th districts.

    Statewide

    Popular vote [1]
    Democratic
     
    		 88.18%
    Republican
     
    		 11.79%
    Other
     
    		 0.03%
    House seats
    Democratic
     
    		 100%

    First District

    See also: Florida's 1st congressional district
    Florida's 1st congressional district, 1942[2]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic J. Hardin Peterson (Incumbent) 25,037 99.94
    Independent Scattering 14 0.06
    Total votes 25,051 100.00
    Democratic hold

    Second District

    See also: Florida's 2nd congressional district
    Florida's 2nd congressional district, 1942[3]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Emory H. Price 15,777 99.97
    Independent Scattering 5 0.03
    Total votes 15,782 100.00
    Democratic hold

    Democratic primary

    Democratic primary results[4]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Jim Cary 16,506 28.72
    Democratic Emory H. Price 15,435 26.85
    Democratic Zach H. Douglas 12,766 22.21
    Democratic James R. Boyd, Jr. 8,923 15.52
    Democratic Helen Hunt West 2,142 3.73
    Democratic T. W. Parsons, Jr. 1,707 2.97
    Total votes 57,479 100.00

    Democratic primary runoff

    Democratic primary results[5]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Emory H. Price 24,143 50.60
    Democratic Jim Cary 23,575 49.41
    Total votes 47,718 100.00

    Third District

    See also: Florida's 3rd congressional district
    Florida's 3rd congressional district, 1942[6]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Bob Sikes (Incumbent) 11,739 100.00
    Total votes 11,739 100.00
    Democratic hold

    Democratic primary

    Democratic primary results[7]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Bob Sikes (Incumbent) 37,641 75.28
    Democratic J. B. Lahan 12,362 24.72
    Total votes 50,003 100.00

    Fourth District

    See also: Florida's 4th congressional district
    Florida's 4th congressional district, 1942[8]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Pat Cannon (Incumbent) 25,056 81.40
    Republican Bert L. Acker 5,725 18.60
    Total votes 30,781 100.00
    Democratic hold

    Democratic primary

    4th district primary results
    Cannon:      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%
    Paty:      40–50%
    Hamilton:      40–50%
    Democratic primary results[9]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Pat Cannon (Incumbent) 37,366 54.14
    Democratic B. F. Paty 20,058 29.06
    Democratic Edgar G. Hamilton 5,669 8.21
    Democratic Louis F. Maire 4,369 6.33
    Democratic Lew Sevier 1,554 2.25
    Total votes 69,016 100.00

    Fifth District

    See also: Florida's 5th congressional district
    Florida's 5th congressional district, 1942[10]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Joe Hendricks (Incumbent) 16,850 70.93
    Republican Emory S. Akerman 6,906 29.07
    Total votes 31,962 100.00
    Democratic hold

    Democratic primary

    Democratic primary results[11]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Joe Hendricks (Incumbent) 37,366 66.92
    Democratic John R. Parkinson 20,058 27.35
    Democratic Ed Sims 2,639 5.73
    Total votes 46,044 100.00

    At-Large District

    See also: Florida's at-large congressional district
    Florida's at-large congressional district, 1942[12]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Robert A. Green 91,120 100.00
    Total votes 91,120 100.00
    Democratic hold

    Democratic primary

    Final results by county
    Results by county:
    Green
    •   40–50%
    •   50–60%
    •   60–70%
    •   70–80%
    •   80–90%
    Overstreet
    •   40–50%
    •   50–60%
    •   70–80%
    Tervin
    •   40–50%
    Democratic primary results[13]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Robert A. Green 133,347 51.55
    Democratic Earnest Overstreet 87,708 33.91
    Democratic Wallace Tervin 19,599 7.58
    Democratic Barney Cohen 18,014 6.96
    Total votes 258,668 100.00

    References

    1. ^ "Election Statistics: 1920 to Present | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov.
    2. ^ "First District ourcampaigns".
    3. ^ "Second District ourcampaigns".
    4. ^ "Our Campaigns - FL District 2 - D Primary - May 05, 1942". www.ourcampaigns.com.
    5. ^ "Our Campaigns - FL District 2 - D Runoff - May 05, 1942". www.ourcampaigns.com.
    6. ^ "Third District ourcampaigns".
    7. ^ "Our Campaigns - FL District 3 - D Primary - May 05, 1942". www.ourcampaigns.com.
    8. ^ "Fourth District ourcampaigns".
    9. ^ "Our Campaigns - FL District 4 - D Primary - May 05, 1942". www.ourcampaigns.com.
    10. ^ "Fifth District ourcampaigns".
    11. ^ "Our Campaigns - FL District 5 - D Primary - May 05, 1942". www.ourcampaigns.com.
    12. ^ "At-Large District ourcampaigns".
    13. ^ "Our Campaigns - FL District At-Large - D Primary - May 05, 1942". www.ourcampaigns.com.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Florida

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