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==U.S. Senate==

==U.S. Senate==

Although a [[Moderate Republican]],<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/10/21/the-rockefeller-republicans/ The Rockefeller Republicans]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> Flanders was generally considered a member of the more [[conservative]] wing of the Vermont GOP.<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/05/23/the-bizarre-political-transformation-of-vermont/ The Bizarre Political Transformation of Vermont]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> In the 1940 Senate special race, he unsuccessfully ran against [[George D. Aiken]], a more liberal Republican, in the primary.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=377686 VT US Senate - Special R Primary Race - Sep 10, 1940]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref>

Although a [[Moderate Republican]],<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/10/21/the-rockefeller-republicans/ The Rockefeller Republicans]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> Flanders was generally considered a member of the more [[conservative]] wing of the Vermont GOP.<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/05/23/the-bizarre-political-transformation-of-vermont/ The Bizarre Political Transformation of Vermont]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> In the 1940 Senate special race, he unsuccessfully ran against [[George D. Aiken]], a more liberal Republican, in the primary.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=377686 VT US Senate - Special R Primary Race - Sep 10, 1940]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> Coincidentally, they would later serve together in the 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>

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>

{{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?}}

McCarthy was ultimately censured by the Senate, with nearly every Democrat supporting the measure while the Senate GOP was split;<ref name=politico/> Flanders and his more moderately liberal colleague [[George Aiken]] voted in favor of it. He later reflected on his efforts:

McCarthy was ultimately censured by the Senate, with nearly every Democrat supporting the measure while the Senate GOP was split;<ref name=politico/> Flanders and his more moderately liberal colleague Aiken voted in favor of it.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 8, 2021.</ref> He later reflected on his efforts:

{{quotebox-float|The conviction grew that something must be done about this, even if I had to do it myself.}}

{{quotebox-float|The conviction grew that something must be done about this, even if I had to do it myself.}}