The 1944 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Senator Claude Pepper easily won re-election to a second full term.

Primary elections were held on May 2, 1944.

Democratic Primary

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Claude Pepper (incumbent) 194,445 51.27
Democratic J. Ollie Edmunds 127,158 33.53
Democratic Millard B. Conklin 33,317 8.78
Democratic Finley Moore 14,815 3.91
Democratic Alston Cockrell 9,551 2.52
Total votes 379,286 100

Republican Primary

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Miles H. Draper 5,289 53.33%
Republican Henry K. Gibson 4,628 46.67%
Total votes 9,917 100

General Election

General Election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Claude Pepper (Incumbent) 335,685 71.28%
Republican Miles H. Draper 135,258 28.72%
Majority 200,427 42.56%
Turnout 470,943
Democratic hold

References

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944_United_States_Senate_election_in_Florida