United States Senate election in Virginia, 1964

November 3, 1964



Nominee	Harry F. Byrd, Sr.	Richard A. May	James W. Respess
Party	Democratic	Republican	Independent
Popular vote	592,270	176,624	95,526
Percentage	63.8%	19.0%	10.3%

U.S. Senator before election

Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
Democratic

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Ballot measures

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 sixth term after defeating Republican Richard A. May and independent James W. Respess.

Results

United States Senate election in Virginia, 1964^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (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

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1964election.pdf

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