United States Senate election in Virginia, 1966

November 8, 1966



Nominee	William Spong, Jr.	James P. Ould, Jr.	F. Lee Hawthorne
Party	Democratic	Republican	Independent
Popular vote	429,855	245,681	58,251
Percentage	58.6%	33.5%	7.9%

U.S. Senator before election

Absalom Willis Robertson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

William Spong, Jr.
Democratic

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The 1966 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 8, 1966. Democratic State Senator William Spong, Jr. defeated Republican James Ould and Independent F. Lee Hawthorne.

Results

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	William B. Spong, Jr.	429,855	58.57%	-22.70
	Republican	James P. Ould, Jr.	245,681	33.48%	+33.48
	Independent	F. Lee Hawthorne	58,251	7.94%	+7.94
	Write-ins		92	0.01%	-0.17
Majority			184,174	25.10%
Turnout			733,879
	Democratic hold

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1966election.pdf

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Preceded by 1964 Harry F. Byrd, Jr.	Virginia U.S. Senate elections 1966 William B. Spong, Jr.	Succeeded by 1970 Harry F. Byrd, Jr.