Claim: The  Republican party candidate Walter Evans Edge garnered the highest vote of 179,022 against Democratic candidate George M. LaMonte's 153,743 during the 1918 United States Senate election in New Jersey which was held during the midpoint of Woodrow Wilson's second term as President of the United States.
Evidence: Walter Evans Edge (November 20, 1873 – October 29, 1956) was an American diplomat and politician. In 1918 Edge was elected to the United States Senate, defeating George L. Record and Edward W. Gray in the Republican primary and Democratic candidate George W. La Monte in the general election. Republican Walter Evans Edge 179,022 Democratic George M. LaMonte 153,743 The 1918 United States Senate elections were held throughout 1918, the midpoint of Woodrow Wilson's second term as President of the United States.