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==U.S. Senate==
==U.S. Senate==
After the death of incumbent senator Alva B. Adams, Millikin was appointed to the seat by Governor Ralph Lawrence Carr. He won a special election in 1942 to serve the remainder of Adams' term, defeating [[Democrat]] opponent James A. Marsh by fourteen points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=73809 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=249530 CO US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref>
After the death of incumbent senator Alva B. Adams, Millikin was appointed to the seat by Governor Ralph Lawrence Carr. He won a special election in 1942 to serve the remainder of Adams' term, defeating [[Democrat]] opponent James A. Marsh by fourteen points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=73809 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=249530 CO US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref> Millikin won re-election two years later for a full Senate term.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=249535 CO US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 25, 2021.</ref>
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.