U.S. Senate
| United States Senate election in California, 1950 Democratic Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Democratic | Helen Gahagan Douglas | 734,842 | 47% | |
| Democratic | Manchester Boddy | 379,077 | 24.2% | |
| Democratic | Richard Nixon | 318,840 | 20.4% | |
| Democratic | Earl Desmond | 96,752 | 6.2% | |
| Democratic | Ulysses Meyer | 34,707 | 2.2% | |
| United States Senate election in California, 1950 Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 740,465 | 64.6% | |
| Republican | Manchester Boddy | 156,884 | 13.7% | |
| Republican | Helen Gahagan Douglas | 153,788 | 13.4% | |
| Republican | Earl Desmond | 60,613 | 5.3% | |
| Republican | Ulysses Meyer | 18,783 | 1.6% | |
| Republican | Albert Levitt | 15,929 | 1.4% | |
| United States Senate election in California, 1950 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 2,183,454 | 59.2% | |
| Democratic | Helen Gahagan Douglas | 1,502,507 | 40.8% | |
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“What times! What manners! The Senate knows these things, the consul sees them, and yet this man lives.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“As the House is designed to provide a reflection of the mood of the moment, the Senate is meant to reflect the continuity of the past—to preserve the delicate balance of justice between the majority’s whims and the minority’s rights.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)