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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The 1964 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. was reelected after defeating Republican Richard A. May and independent James W. Respess.

Results

General election results^[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%	+10.29%
	Independent	J.B. Brayman	30,594	3.30%	+3.30%
	Independent	Milton L. Green	12,110	1.30%	+1.30%
	Independent	Robert E. Poole, Jr.	10,774	1.16%	+1.16%
	Independent	Willie T. Wright	10,424	1.12%	+1.12%
		write-ins	51	0.01%
Majority			415,646	44.77%
Turnout			928,373
	Democratic hold

References

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

Preceded by 1960 Absalom Willis Robertson	Virginia U.S. Senate elections 1964 Harry F. Byrd, Sr.	Succeeded by 1966/1966 (special) William B. Spong, Jr. Harry F. Byrd, Jr.