1950 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

1950 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
	County results; Wiley: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% ; Fairchild: 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; Alexander Wiley; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Alexander Wiley; Republican

The 1950 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Alexander Wiley was re-elected to a third term in office over Thomas E. Fairchild.

Republican primary

1950 U.S. Senate Republican primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alexander Wiley (incumbent)	308,536	77.82%
	Republican	Edward J. Finan	87,929	22.18%
Total votes			396,465	100.00%

LaVern Dilweg, former U.S. Representative from Green Bay
Thomas E. Fairchild, Attorney General of Wisconsin
Daniel Hoan, former Socialist mayor of Milwaukee and nominee for Governor in 1944 and 1946
William E. Sanderson

1950 U.S. Senate Democratic primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas E. Fairchild	58,399	35.10%
	Democratic	Daniel Hoan	44,423	26.70%
	Democratic	William E. Sanderson	41,961	25.22%
	Democratic	LaVern Dilweg	21,609	12.99%
Total votes			166,392	100.00%

1950 U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Alexander Wiley (incumbent)	595,283	53.34%	{{{change}}}
Democratic	Thomas E. Fairchild	515,539	46.19%
Socialist	Edwin W. Knappe	3,972	0.36%
Independent	Perry J. Stearns	644	0.06%
Socialist Workers	James E. Boulton	332	0.03%
Socialist Labor	Artemio Cozzini	307	0.03%
Republican hold		Swing