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![]() Results by county Millikin: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Whatley: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1944 United States Senate special election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Republican Senator Eugene Millikin, who was first appointed to fill Alva B. Adams's seat in 1941 and re-elected at the ensuing special election in 1942, ran for re-election to his first full term. In the general election, he faced wealthy Denver attorney Barney L. Whatley. Millikin benefited from the strong Republican performance in Colorado—Thomas E. Dewey and Governor John C. Vivian both won their respective elections by decisive margins—and cruised to a landslide victory over Whatley.