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==U.S. Senate==
==U.S. Senate==
After incumbent Republican senator Warren Austin resigned from Congress to become the U.S. Ambassador to the [[United Nations]] under the [[Truman administration]], Flanders ran in the [[special election]] for the seat. He won the primary by ten percentage points<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=871903 VT US Senate - R Primary Race - Aug 13, 1946]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> and easily defeated his Democrat opponent in the general election by a landslide.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=268286 VT US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1946]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref>
Flanders was mostly known for having been the leading Republican opponent of [[Joseph McCarthy]], who exposed communist infiltration of the [[State Department]] and the [[United States Army]]. The Vermont senator led the motion to censure McCarthy and made absurd statements (namely comparing him to [[Adolf Hitler]]) as well as the following sarcastic remark:<ref name=politico>Glass, Andres (March 9, 2011). [https://www.politico.com/story/2011/03/vermont-senator-confronts-sen-joseph-mccarthy-march-9-1954-050882 Vermont Senator Confronts Sen. Joseph McCarthy, March 9, 1954]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref>
Flanders was mostly known for having been the leading Republican opponent of [[Joseph McCarthy]], who exposed communist infiltration of the [[State Department]] and the [[United States Army]]. The Vermont senator led the motion to censure McCarthy and made absurd statements (namely comparing him to [[Adolf Hitler]]) as well as the following sarcastic remark:<ref name=politico>Glass, Andres (March 9, 2011). [https://www.politico.com/story/2011/03/vermont-senator-confronts-sen-joseph-mccarthy-march-9-1954-050882 Vermont Senator Confronts Sen. Joseph McCarthy, March 9, 1954]. ''Politico''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref>
{{quotebox-float|To what party does [McCarthy] belong? Is he a hidden satellite of the Democratic Party, to which he is furnishing so much material for quiet mirth?}}
{{quotebox-float|To what party does [McCarthy] belong? Is he a hidden satellite of the Democratic Party, to which he is furnishing so much material for quiet mirth?}}