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Election 1964 Results

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1964 US Senate election in Virginia

Harry F. Byrd Sr. (Democrat) beat Richard A. May (Republican) in Virginia in 1964, 63.8% to 19.0%, a margin of 44.8 points and 415,646 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1958, when Harry F. Byrd Sr. also won.

Democrats led in 127 of the 130 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 2 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Fairfax, cast 75,601 votes and went to the Democrat by 27.4 points. The closest was Grayson, where 138 votes separated the top two.

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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	592,270	63.8%
Richard A. May	Republican	176,624	19.0%
James W. Respess	Independent	95,526	10.3%
All other candidates		63,953	6.9%
Total		928,373

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Fairfax	41,413 54.8%	20,712 27.4%	13,476	75,601	D+27.4
Richmond	31,507 56.0%	6,186 11.0%	18,530	56,223	D+45.0
Arlington	26,062 57.0%	8,799 19.2%	10,850	45,711	D+37.8
Henrico	30,257 75.8%	6,781 17.0%	2,858	39,896	D+58.8
Norfolk	24,848 63.5%	9,383 24.0%	4,888	39,119	D+39.5
Roanoke	16,172 63.4%	5,973 23.4%	3,358	25,503	D+40.0
Chesterfield	18,143 74.0%	3,533 14.4%	2,837	24,513	D+59.6
Newport News	14,483 60.3%	4,509 18.8%	5,016	24,008	D+41.5
Alexandria	12,449 56.4%	6,481 29.4%	3,137	22,067	D+27.0
Virginia Beach	14,794 67.6%	4,881 22.3%	2,204	21,879	D+45.3
Hampton	11,952 57.2%	4,068 19.5%	4,892	20,912	D+37.7
Portsmouth	11,575 62.3%	3,062 16.5%	3,948	18,585	D+45.8
Roanoke	12,175 68.6%	4,049 22.8%	1,533	17,757	D+45.8
Chesapeake	11,020 68.0%	3,282 20.2%	1,909	16,211	D+47.7
Lynchburg	9,846 64.2%	2,303 15.0%	3,184	15,333	D+49.2
Danville	7,679 70.6%	1,309 12.0%	1,895	10,883	D+58.5
Pittsylvania	8,046 74.1%	1,965 18.1%	846	10,857	D+56.0
Charlottesville	5,874 67.3%	989 11.3%	1,860	8,723	D+56.0
Prince William	5,329 63.2%	1,552 18.4%	1,549	8,430	D+44.8
Campbell	5,749 69.6%	1,494 18.1%	1,018	8,261	D+51.5
Tazewell	5,409 65.8%	1,511 18.4%	1,304	8,224	D+47.4
Wise	4,908 60.1%	1,935 23.7%	1,325	8,168	D+36.4
Augusta	5,602 71.6%	1,442 18.4%	781	7,825	D+53.2
Montgomery	4,657 59.7%	2,448 31.4%	699	7,804	D+28.3
Rockingham	5,105 65.6%	1,988 25.5%	691	7,784	D+40.0
Washington	4,509 58.0%	2,223 28.6%	1,041	7,773	D+29.4
Mecklenburg	5,734 76.4%	239 3.2%	1,529	7,502	D+73.2
Hanover	5,134 69.0%	1,087 14.6%	1,218	7,439	D+54.4
Scott	3,514 48.4%	2,703 37.2%	1,044	7,261	D+11.2
Henry	4,043 56.7%	1,985 27.8%	1,103	7,131	D+28.9
Smyth	3,565 50.2%	2,637 37.1%	903	7,105	D+13.1
Petersburg	4,091 58.2%	327 4.6%	2,617	7,035	D+53.5
Bedford	4,997 72.2%	1,216 17.6%	705	6,918	D+54.7
Nansemond (Ext)	3,654 54.0%	581 8.6%	2,530	6,765	D+45.4
Shenandoah	4,353 64.7%	1,942 28.9%	430	6,725	D+35.9
Loudoun	4,562 69.3%	836 12.7%	1,188	6,586	D+56.6
Lee	4,004 61.2%	1,900 29.0%	642	6,546	D+32.1
Pulaski	3,758 60.9%	1,909 30.9%	506	6,173	D+30.0
Accomack	4,576 74.8%	556 9.1%	983	6,115	D+65.7
Albemarle	4,411 73.0%	547 9.0%	1,088	6,046	D+63.9
York	3,775 62.6%	1,183 19.6%	1,071	6,029	D+43.0
Russell	2,689 46.8%	1,913 33.3%	1,140	5,742	D+13.5
Halifax	4,448 79.2%	897 16.0%	271	5,616	D+63.2
Buchanan	3,070 55.5%	1,090 19.7%	1,375	5,535	D+35.8
Staunton	3,819 71.0%	982 18.3%	579	5,380	D+52.7
Carroll	2,050 38.3%	2,633 49.3%	663	5,346	R+10.9
Hopewell	3,925 74.0%	473 8.9%	907	5,305	D+65.1
Grayson	2,329 44.0%	2,467 46.6%	495	5,291	R+2.6
Fauquier	3,654 69.2%	542 10.3%	1,087	5,283	D+58.9
Frederick	3,903 76.6%	633 12.4%	558	5,094	D+64.2
Page	2,854 56.1%	1,876 36.9%	360	5,090	D+19.2
Amherst	3,396 67.3%	839 16.6%	813	5,048	D+50.7
Wythe	2,890 59.1%	1,518 31.0%	482	4,890	D+28.1
Franklin	3,195 66.5%	924 19.2%	686	4,805	D+47.3
Giles	2,609 57.2%	1,129 24.7%	825	4,563	D+32.4
Fairfax	2,640 57.9%	1,252 27.4%	671	4,563	D+30.4
Rockbridge	3,275 72.8%	888 19.7%	336	4,499	D+53.1
Waynesboro	2,897 68.6%	883 20.9%	442	4,222	D+47.7
Greensville	2,650 63.3%	105 2.5%	1,431	4,186	D+60.8
Nottoway	2,932 70.2%	146 3.5%	1,098	4,176	D+66.7
Winchester	3,329 80.4%	406 9.8%	404	4,139	D+70.6
Brunswick	2,787 67.7%	79 1.9%	1,248	4,114	D+65.8
Stafford	2,303 56.1%	803 19.5%	1,002	4,108	D+36.5
Isle Of Wight	2,440 59.7%	303 7.4%	1,343	4,086	D+52.3
Dinwiddie	2,752 68.5%	158 3.9%	1,107	4,017	D+64.6
Botetourt	2,579 64.3%	1,233 30.7%	198	4,010	D+33.6
Martinsville	2,419 61.3%	715 18.1%	809	3,943	D+43.2
Warren	3,176 81.1%	402 10.3%	338	3,916	D+70.8
Prince Edward	2,835 73.9%	147 3.8%	852	3,834	D+70.1
Southampton	2,433 64.2%	186 4.9%	1,169	3,788	D+59.3
Dickenson	1,730 45.8%	1,521 40.3%	524	3,775	D+5.5
Fredericksburg	2,109 57.0%	488 13.2%	1,101	3,698	D+43.8
Appomattox	3,083 85.7%	205 5.7%	311	3,599	D+80.0
Culpeper	2,614 75.2%	468 13.5%	395	3,477	D+61.7
Falls Church	1,915 56.8%	755 22.4%	699	3,369	D+34.4
Harrisonburg	2,395 71.4%	702 20.9%	258	3,355	D+50.5
Gloucester	2,358 71.2%	648 19.6%	304	3,310	D+51.7
Bristol	2,246 70.1%	612 19.1%	347	3,205	D+51.0
Spotsylvania	1,771 55.9%	423 13.4%	974	3,168	D+42.6
Patrick	2,201 70.0%	617 19.6%	328	3,146	D+50.3
Colonial Hts.	2,617 83.6%	359 11.5%	156	3,132	D+72.1
Prince George	2,012 67.0%	240 8.0%	750	3,002	D+59.0
Radford	1,767 59.6%	988 33.3%	209	2,964	D+26.3
Covington	1,928 66.0%	555 19.0%	437	2,920	D+47.0
Orange	2,146 73.7%	355 12.2%	411	2,912	D+61.5
Northampton	1,974 68.3%	487 16.9%	429	2,890	D+51.5
Caroline	1,707 59.3%	228 7.9%	942	2,877	D+51.4
Charlotte	2,169 77.1%	366 13.0%	277	2,812	D+64.1
Louisa	2,021 74.0%	224 8.2%	486	2,731	D+65.8
Lunenburg	2,267 83.2%	87 3.2%	372	2,726	D+80.0
Suffolk	1,898 70.1%	255 9.4%	554	2,707	D+60.7
Lancaster	1,991 74.2%	163 6.1%	528	2,682	D+68.2
James City	1,558 59.3%	321 12.2%	748	2,627	D+47.1
Sussex	1,870 71.6%	72 2.8%	670	2,612	D+68.8
Buckingham	2,024 81.1%	85 3.4%	386	2,495	D+77.7
Alleghany	1,766 71.2%	382 15.4%	334	2,482	D+55.8
Floyd	1,308 53.0%	633 25.7%	526	2,467	D+27.4
Nelson	1,838 78.3%	200 8.5%	310	2,348	D+69.8
Goochland	1,648 70.6%	154 6.6%	531	2,333	D+64.0
Northumberland	1,793 80.6%	201 9.0%	230	2,224	D+71.6
Westmoreland	1,640 73.8%	230 10.4%	352	2,222	D+63.5
Mathews	1,487 70.6%	271 12.9%	349	2,107	D+57.7
Amelia	1,446 71.4%	106 5.2%	472	2,024	D+66.2
Surry	1,206 60.9%	33 1.7%	740	1,979	D+59.3
Powhatan	1,283 64.9%	96 4.9%	599	1,978	D+60.0
King William	1,269 67.1%	165 8.7%	457	1,891	D+58.4
Franklin	1,106 58.6%	114 6.0%	667	1,887	D+52.6
Clifton Forge	1,348 73.0%	363 19.7%	135	1,846	D+53.4
Cumberland	1,206 65.4%	64 3.5%	573	1,843	D+62.0
Clarke	1,449 78.7%	218 11.8%	174	1,841	D+66.9
Middlesex	1,192 65.0%	272 14.8%	371	1,835	D+50.1
Madison	1,365 76.9%	190 10.7%	220	1,775	D+66.2
Williamsburg	1,133 65.0%	279 16.0%	331	1,743	D+49.0
South Boston	1,305 76.5%	330 19.4%	70	1,705	D+57.2
Fluvanna	1,246 74.5%	103 6.2%	323	1,672	D+68.4
King George	986 59.9%	188 11.4%	472	1,646	D+48.5
Richmond	1,110 77.9%	129 9.1%	186	1,425	D+68.8
Essex	1,018 71.8%	218 15.4%	181	1,417	D+56.5
King And Queen	959 72.1%	94 7.1%	278	1,331	D+65.0
Bland	788 60.2%	348 26.6%	173	1,309	D+33.6
Galax	699 56.3%	407 32.8%	135	1,241	D+23.5
New Kent	851 68.7%	113 9.1%	275	1,239	D+59.6
Bath	833 70.7%	223 18.9%	122	1,178	D+51.8
Charles City	416 36.1%	81 7.0%	656	1,153	Others
Craig	660 61.8%	245 22.9%	163	1,068	D+38.9
Buena Vista	776 73.9%	182 17.3%	92	1,050	D+56.6
Rappahannock	806 78.0%	128 12.4%	99	1,033	D+65.6
Greene	699 70.8%	100 10.1%	188	987	D+60.7
Norton	655 66.7%	148 15.1%	179	982	D+51.6
Highland	587 65.6%	264 29.5%	44	895	D+36.1

Counties as they stood in 1964; 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

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