United States Senate election in Virginia, 1966

United States Senate election in Virginia, 1966
Virginia
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

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

External links

Preceded by
1964
Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
Virginia U.S. Senate elections
1966
William B. Spong, Jr.
Succeeded by
1970
Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, November 03, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.