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==U.S. Senate==
==U.S. Senate==
A strong [[conservative]] and ally of [[Joseph McCarthy]], Dworshak was narrowly elected to the United States Senate in the 1950 special election over Democrat Claude J. Burtenshaw,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=49580 ID US Senate - Special Election Race - Nov 07, 1950]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> who attacked him as being insufficiently [[anti-Communist]] over his vote against the [[Marshall Plan]] in addition to opposing foreign aid for [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]].<ref>[https://www.boisestate.edu/bluereview/mccarthy-era-idaho/ The McCarthy Era in Idaho]. ''Boise State University''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> This was following an even more narrow defeat in a regular Senate race two years prior against Democrat Bert H. Miller.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=49581 ID US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1948]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref>
A strong [[conservative]] and ally of [[Joseph McCarthy]], Dworshak was narrowly elected to the United States Senate in the 1950 special election over Democrat Claude J. Burtenshaw,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=49580 ID US Senate - Special Election Race - Nov 07, 1950]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> who attacked him as being insufficiently [[anti-Communist]] over his vote against the [[Marshall Plan]] in addition to opposing foreign aid for [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]].<ref>[https://www.boisestate.edu/bluereview/mccarthy-era-idaho/ The McCarthy Era in Idaho]. ''Boise State University''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref> This was following an even more narrow defeat in a regular Senate race two years prior against Democrat Bert H. Miller.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=49581 ID US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1948]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref>
In late 1954, Dworshak and his Idaho senatorial colleague [[Herman Welker]] were among twenty-two mostly conservative Republicans to oppose and vote against the censure of McCarthy.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 5, 2021.</ref>
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