In the 1936 United States Senate election in Nebraska, George W. Norris ran, and was re-elected with democratic support, as an independent candidate, after having served four terms as a Republican candidate; he lost the 1942 election  because he could not garner enough democratic support.
That year he was re-elected to the Senate as an Independent with some Democratic Party support. He served four terms as a Republican and his final term as an independent. Unable to secure Democratic support in the state in 1942, Norris was defeated by Republican Kenneth S. Wherry. George W. Norris 
