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==U.S. Senate==
==U.S. Senate==
Millikin was one of only twenty-two mostly [[conservative]] [[Republicans]] who voted against the Senate censure of [[Joseph McCarthy]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> a [[Wisconsin]] Republican who investigated and exposed [[communist]] infiltration of the U.S. government.
Millikin was one of only twenty-two mostly [[conservative]] [[Republicans]] who voted against the Senate censure of [[Joseph McCarthy]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> a [[Wisconsin]] Republican who investigated and exposed [[communist]] infiltration of the U.S. government.
Sen. Millikin was challenged by [[Democrat]] John Carroll in the 1950 elections<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/03/obituaries/john-carroll-of-denver-dies-served-in-house-and-senate.html JOHN CARROLL OF DENVER DIES; SERVED IN HOUSE AND SENATE]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> and won by 6.5 percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=181613 CO US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref>
He missed 4% of all roll call votes during his Senate tenure.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/eugene_millikin/407749 Sen. Eugene Millikin]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref>
He missed 4% of all roll call votes during his Senate tenure.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/eugene_millikin/407749 Sen. Eugene Millikin]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref>