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The 1964 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. was re-elected to a seventh term after defeating Republican Richard A. May and independent James W. Respess. This was the last time before 2008 that the state voted simultaneously for a Democratic presidential candidate and a Democratic senate candidate.

Results

United States Senate election in Virginia, 1964[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Harry F. Byrd (inc.) 592,270 63.80% -5.52%
Republican Richard A. May 176,624 19.03% +19.03%
Independent James W. Respess 95,526 10.29%
Independent J.B. Brayman 30,594 3.30%
Independent Milton L. Green 12,110 1.30%
Independent Robert E. Poole, Jr. 10,774 1.16%
Independent Willie T. Wright 10,424 1.12%
Write-ins 51 0.01%
Majority 415,646 44.77% +1.72%
Turnout 928,373
Democratic hold

References

  1. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. pp. 46 & 47.

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