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Election 1946 Results

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1946 US Senate election in Virginia

Harry F. Byrd Sr. (Democrat) beat Lester S. Parsons (Republican) in Virginia in 1946, 64.8% to 30.5%, a margin of 34.4 points and 86,955 votes.

A. Willis Robertson (Democrat) beat Robert H. Woods (Republican) in Virginia in 1946, 68.2% to 29.0%, a margin of 39.1 points and 97,427 votes. (This was a special election.)

The Democratic hold continued from 1940, when Harry F. Byrd Sr. also won.

Democrats led in 116 of the 124 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 8. The largest, Richmond, cast 22,766 votes and went to the Democrat by 45.1 points. The closest was Page, where 2 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Harry F. Byrd Sr. won	Democratic	163,960	64.8%
Lester S. Parsons	Republican	77,005	30.5%
All other candidates		11,877	4.7%
Total		252,842

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
A. Willis Robertson won	Democratic	169,680	68.2%
Robert H. Woods	Republican	72,253	29.0%
All other candidates		7,029	2.8%
Total		248,962

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	15,460 67.9%	5,203 22.9%	2,103	22,766	D+45.1
Norfolk	6,522 56.5%	4,224 36.6%	792	11,538	D+19.9
Arlington	5,689 53.4%	4,135 38.8%	822	10,646	D+14.6
Roanoke	5,177 59.3%	3,163 36.2%	390	8,730	D+23.1
Portsmouth	2,542 50.6%	2,144 42.7%	334	5,020	D+7.9
Norfolk (Ext)	2,262 49.6%	2,012 44.1%	289	4,563	D+5.5
Fairfax	2,631 58.0%	1,491 32.9%	412	4,534	D+25.1
Grayson	2,135 47.2%	2,340 51.7%	51	4,526	R+4.5
Shenandoah	2,232 50.0%	2,209 49.5%	26	4,467	D+0.5
Roanoke	2,398 54.0%	1,904 42.8%	142	4,444	D+11.1
Wise	2,599 61.6%	1,471 34.8%	152	4,222	D+26.7
Lee	2,205 52.4%	1,925 45.7%	82	4,212	D+6.6
Rockingham	2,738 65.6%	1,382 33.1%	55	4,175	D+32.5
Alexandria	2,300 55.6%	1,338 32.4%	498	4,136	D+23.3
Washington	1,883 50.3%	1,765 47.1%	96	3,744	D+3.2
Page	1,702 49.1%	1,704 49.2%	59	3,465	R+0.1
Lynchburg	2,899 84.8%	393 11.5%	126	3,418	D+73.3
Buchanan	1,619 47.6%	1,630 48.0%	150	3,399	R+0.3
Augusta	2,459 72.6%	869 25.7%	58	3,386	D+47.0
Scott	1,455 45.0%	1,684 52.1%	94	3,233	R+7.1
Dickenson	1,658 53.3%	1,347 43.3%	106	3,111	D+10.0
Smyth	1,335 43.0%	1,709 55.0%	63	3,107	R+12.0
Tazewell	1,533 49.8%	1,361 44.2%	183	3,077	D+5.6
Russell	1,884 61.5%	1,102 36.0%	78	3,064	D+25.5
Pittsylvania	2,362 81.2%	394 13.5%	153	2,909	D+67.7
Newport News	1,710 61.0%	789 28.1%	305	2,804	D+32.8
Danville	1,912 73.8%	413 15.9%	265	2,590	D+57.9
Halifax	2,359 92.6%	129 5.1%	60	2,548	D+87.5
Henrico	1,607 63.2%	745 29.3%	190	2,542	D+33.9
Montgomery	1,374 56.2%	1,015 41.5%	55	2,444	D+14.7
Pulaski	1,555 64.2%	821 33.9%	46	2,422	D+30.3
Elizabeth City (Ext)	1,509 62.3%	771 31.8%	141	2,421	D+30.5
Wythe	1,309 54.8%	1,063 44.5%	15	2,387	D+10.3
Bedford	1,795 78.8%	440 19.3%	43	2,278	D+59.5
Giles	1,287 58.3%	857 38.8%	65	2,209	D+19.5
Carroll	1,019 46.2%	1,115 50.5%	72	2,206	R+4.4
Petersburg	1,735 79.1%	307 14.0%	151	2,193	D+65.1
Alleghany	1,055 48.5%	1,016 46.7%	103	2,174	D+1.8
Princess Anne (Ext)	1,629 77.3%	415 19.7%	63	2,107	D+57.6
Charlottesville	1,436 71.0%	438 21.7%	149	2,023	D+49.3
Chesterfield	1,222 64.1%	509 26.7%	175	1,906	D+37.4
Loudoun	1,504 82.8%	226 12.4%	86	1,816	D+70.4
Warren	1,315 72.5%	459 25.3%	39	1,813	D+47.2
Botetourt	988 54.6%	793 43.8%	28	1,809	D+10.8
Harrisonburg	1,290 71.4%	499 27.6%	17	1,806	D+43.8
Franklin	1,380 77.1%	354 19.8%	56	1,790	D+57.3
Appomattox	1,710 96.2%	64 3.6%	4	1,778	D+92.6
Henry	1,201 69.9%	392 22.8%	126	1,719	D+47.1
Accomack	1,518 88.5%	180 10.5%	18	1,716	D+78.0
Winchester	1,456 85.7%	234 13.8%	9	1,699	D+71.9
Rockbridge	1,193 74.5%	383 23.9%	25	1,601	D+50.6
Frederick	1,204 77.5%	327 21.1%	22	1,553	D+56.5
Albemarle	1,226 79.5%	279 18.1%	37	1,542	D+61.4
Campbell	1,240 80.5%	234 15.2%	66	1,540	D+65.3
Amherst	1,261 81.9%	204 13.3%	74	1,539	D+68.7
Staunton	1,092 72.9%	388 25.9%	17	1,497	D+47.0
Fauquier	1,180 83.3%	208 14.7%	29	1,417	D+68.6
Patrick	1,216 85.8%	186 13.1%	15	1,417	D+72.7
Bristol	1,038 73.7%	324 23.0%	47	1,409	D+50.7
Charlotte	1,260 92.2%	71 5.2%	35	1,366	D+87.0
Northampton	1,179 88.1%	139 10.4%	21	1,339	D+77.7
Suffolk	927 70.2%	366 27.7%	27	1,320	D+42.5
Warwick (Ext)	828 64.2%	374 29.0%	88	1,290	D+35.2
Nansemond (Ext)	864 67.3%	373 29.0%	47	1,284	D+38.2
Mecklenburg	1,120 87.3%	129 10.1%	34	1,283	D+77.2
Southampton	1,105 86.7%	131 10.3%	39	1,275	D+76.4
Prince William	868 71.4%	280 23.0%	67	1,215	D+48.4
Culpeper	946 78.6%	239 19.9%	18	1,203	D+58.8
Fredericksburg	809 68.4%	321 27.2%	52	1,182	D+41.3
Bland	643 54.9%	511 43.6%	17	1,171	D+11.3
Nottoway	944 81.3%	185 15.9%	32	1,161	D+65.4
Hanover	867 75.2%	241 20.9%	45	1,153	D+54.3
Martinsville	890 78.6%	163 14.4%	79	1,132	D+64.2
Prince Edward	974 86.3%	110 9.8%	44	1,128	D+76.6
Louisa	847 75.6%	206 18.4%	68	1,121	D+57.2
Radford	597 54.0%	481 43.5%	28	1,106	D+10.5
Nelson	886 80.7%	182 16.6%	30	1,098	D+64.1
Orange	835 76.8%	207 19.0%	45	1,087	D+57.8
Floyd	427 39.9%	628 58.7%	15	1,070	R+18.8
Hopewell	619 60.3%	292 28.5%	115	1,026	D+31.9
Isle Of Wight	783 78.6%	192 19.3%	21	996	D+59.3
Gloucester	685 72.9%	207 22.0%	48	940	D+50.9
Clifton Forge	471 50.3%	398 42.5%	67	936	D+7.8
Sussex	850 93.2%	43 4.7%	19	912	D+88.5
Lunenburg	739 82.0%	125 13.9%	37	901	D+68.1
Clarke	786 90.2%	71 8.2%	14	871	D+82.1
Buckingham	746 87.9%	88 10.4%	15	849	D+77.5
Greensville	657 80.4%	119 14.6%	41	817	D+65.9
Stafford	415 50.9%	362 44.4%	39	816	D+6.5
Brunswick	724 89.6%	71 8.8%	13	808	D+80.8
Madison	497 62.8%	276 34.9%	18	791	D+27.9
Highland	476 60.6%	305 38.8%	5	786	D+21.8
Dinwiddie	698 90.4%	59 7.6%	15	772	D+82.8
Hampton	575 74.7%	147 19.1%	48	770	D+55.6
Amelia	619 81.7%	123 16.2%	16	758	D+65.4
Mathews	538 76.9%	155 22.1%	7	700	D+54.7
Westmoreland	545 78.1%	127 18.2%	26	698	D+59.9
York	469 69.2%	170 25.1%	39	678	D+44.1
South Norfolk	293 44.0%	325 48.8%	48	666	R+4.8
Caroline	550 83.2%	82 12.4%	29	661	D+70.8
Goochland	523 79.1%	118 17.9%	20	661	D+61.3
Spotsylvania	454 70.1%	180 27.8%	14	648	D+42.3
Bath	417 65.8%	204 32.2%	13	634	D+33.6
Craig	357 56.7%	268 42.5%	5	630	D+14.1
Rappahannock	494 84.2%	83 14.1%	10	587	D+70.0
King William	450 77.6%	97 16.7%	33	580	D+60.9
Northumberland	445 77.4%	110 19.1%	20	575	D+58.3
Fluvanna	413 76.1%	119 21.9%	11	543	D+54.1
Lancaster	434 79.9%	88 16.2%	21	543	D+63.7
Cumberland	478 89.7%	43 8.1%	12	533	D+81.6
Middlesex	423 84.6%	58 11.6%	19	500	D+73.0
Prince George	310 64.2%	121 25.1%	52	483	D+39.1
Surry	399 86.7%	45 9.8%	16	460	D+77.0
Essex	358 81.4%	69 15.7%	13	440	D+65.7
King George	263 62.2%	142 33.6%	18	423	D+28.6
Buena Vista	255 63.8%	125 31.3%	20	400	D+32.5
Williamsburg	286 74.3%	74 19.2%	25	385	D+55.1
Greene	198 52.2%	170 44.9%	11	379	D+7.4
Richmond	293 79.4%	74 20.1%	2	369	D+59.3
Powhatan	254 73.4%	65 18.8%	27	346	D+54.6
King And Queen	226 83.7%	37 13.7%	7	270	D+70.0
New Kent	158 61.5%	71 27.6%	28	257	D+33.9
Charles City	156 67.0%	49 21.0%	28	233	D+45.9
James City	161 73.2%	45 20.5%	14	220	D+52.7

Counties as they stood in 1946; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Virginia Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Timothy M. Kaine (D)	D+8.9
2020	Mark Robert Warner (D)	D+12.1
2018	Timothy M. Kaine (D)	D+16.0
2014	Mark R. Warner (D)	D+0.8
2012	Timothy M. Kaine (D)	D+5.9
2008	Mark Warner (D)	D+31.3
2006	Jim Webb (D)	D+0.4
2002	John Warner (R)	R+82.6
2000	George F. Allen (R)	R+4.6
1996	John W. Warner (R)	R+5.1
1994	Chuck Robb (D)	D+2.7
1990	John Warner (R)	R+80.9
1988	Charles S. Robb (D)	D+42.6
1984	John Warner (R)	R+40.1
1982	Paul Trible (R)	R+2.4
1978	John William Warner (R)	R+0.4
1976	Harry F. Byrd Jr. (other)
1972	William Lloyd Scott (R)	R+5.3
1970	Harry F. Byrd Jr. (other)
1966	William B. Spong Jr. (D)	D+25.1
1964	Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D)	D+44.8
1960	A. Willis Robertson (D)	D+81.3
1958	Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D)	D+69.3
1954	A. Willis Robertson (D)	D+79.9
1952	Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D)	D+73.4
1948	A. Willis Robertson (D)	D+34.8
1946	Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D)	D+34.4
1942	Carter Glass (D)	D+91.1
1940	Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D)	D+93.3
1936	Carter Glass (D)	D+86.9
1934	Harry F. Byrd Sr. (D)	D+55.0
1930	Carter Glass (D)	D+76.7
1928	Claude Swanson (D)	D+99.8
1924	Carter Glass (D)	D+48.9
1922	Claude Swanson (D)	D+45.4
1918	Thomas S. Martin (D)	D+99.7
1916	Claude Swanson (D)	D+99.9