Editing Write-in candidate (section)

===U.S. Senate===
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| footer = [[Strom Thurmond]] ([[1954 United States Senate election in South Carolina|South Carolina, 1954]]) and [[Lisa Murkowski]] ([[2010 United States Senate election in Alaska|Alaska, 2010]]) are the only U.S. Senate candidates to win an election via write-in and defeat candidates with ballot access.
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*Republican [[William Knowland]] was [[1946 United States Senate election in California|elected in 1946]] to the U.S. Senate from California, for a two-month term. The special election for the two-month term featured a November ballot with no names printed on it, and all candidates in that special election were write-in candidates.<ref name=WashPost-2010-11-03-Wilgoren-Murkowski>Washington Post, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/03/AR2010110302555.html "Murkowski appears to make history in Alaska"], Debbi Wilgoren, November 3, 2010 (accessed November 3, 2010)</ref>
*Democrat [[Strom Thurmond]] was [[1954 South Carolina United States Senate election|elected in 1954]] to the [[United States Senate]] in [[South Carolina]] as a write-in candidate, after state Democratic leaders had blocked him from receiving the party's nomination.<ref name=WashPost-2010-11-03-Wilgoren-Murkowski/>
*In [[2010 United States Senate election in Alaska|2010]] incumbent [[list of United States Senators from Alaska|Alaska Senator]] [[Lisa Murkowski]] lost the Republican primary to [[Joe Miller (Alaska politician)|Joe Miller]].<ref>[http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/10PRIM/data/results.htm Official election results for the 2010 primaries]. Alaska Division of Elections.</ref> Following her defeat she ran in the general election as a write-in candidate. Murkowski had filed, and won, a lawsuit requiring election officials to have the list of names of write-in candidates distributed at the polls,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/28/lisa-murkowski-can-appear_n_775221.html|work=Huffington Post|title=Lisa Murkowski Can Appear On List Of Write-In Candidates, State Supreme Court Rules|first=Dan|last=Joling|date=October 28, 2010}}</ref> and subsequently won the election with a wide enough margin over both Miller, and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] candidate [[Scott T. McAdams]], to make moot [[Miller v. Campbell|the write-in ballots that had been challenged by Miller]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2010/11/18/murkowski_becomes_1st_write_in_senator_since_54/|title=Murkowski becomes 1st write-in senator since '54|date=November 18, 2010|first=Becky|last=Bohrer|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=Boston Globe}}</ref>
*In [[2020 United States Senate election in Nebraska|2020]], Chris Janicek won the Democratic Senatorial nomination, but during the campaign he sent out sexually inappropriate text messages to staffers causing the Nebraska Democratic Party to withdraw its support from him.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 16, 2020 |title=Nebraska Democrat Urged to Quit Senate Race Over Sexual Texts to Aide |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/politics/chris-janicek-nebraska-senate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200918014949/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/politics/chris-janicek-nebraska-senate.html |archive-date=September 18, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> The Nebraska Democratic Party attempted to replace Janicek with Alisha Shelton, but Janicek refused to drop out preventing the replacement. [[Preston Love Jr.]] later announced his intention to run a write-in senatorial campaign and received the support of the Nebraska Democratic Party, making him the first black person to receive the support of a major party for [[United States Senate]] in Nebraska. Both Janicek and Love lost to Republican incumbent [[Ben Sasse]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 10, 2020 |title=Preston Love Jr. announces write-in candidacy against Sen. Ben Sasse |work=[[Omaha World-Herald]] |url=https://omaha.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/preston-love-jr-announces-write-in-candidacy-against-sen-ben-sasse/article_aa4ec90c-f11b-56e5-be6b-a30eaa5517f7.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200918015154/https://omaha.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/preston-love-jr-announces-write-in-candidacy-against-sen-ben-sasse/article_aa4ec90c-f11b-56e5-be6b-a30eaa5517f7.html |archive-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=September 10, 2020 |title=Nebraska Democrats announce Preston Love Jr. as write-in candidate for Senate |work=[[WOWT]] |url=https://www.wowt.com/2020/09/10/nebraska-democrats-announce-preston-love-jr-as-write-in-candidate-for-senate/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200918015608/https://www.wowt.com/2020/09/10/nebraska-democrats-announce-preston-love-jr-as-write-in-candidate-for-senate/ |archive-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=September 10, 2020 |title=Nebraska Democrats name third pick to replace Senate nominee |work=[[WJAG]] |url=https://norfolkdailynews.com/wjag/news/nebraska-democrats-name-third-pick-to-replace-senate-nominee/article_31ac9b62-f3bc-11ea-9d53-9f76e9f2c766.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200918015705/https://norfolkdailynews.com/wjag/news/nebraska-democrats-name-third-pick-to-replace-senate-nominee/article_31ac9b62-f3bc-11ea-9d53-9f76e9f2c766.html |archive-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref>