1964 United States Senate election in Florida

1964 United States Senate election in Florida
	November 3, 1964
	County results Holland: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Kirk: 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; Spessard Holland; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Spessard Holland; Democratic

The 1964 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Spessard Holland was re-elected to a fourth term in office, defeating J. Brailey Oldham in the primary and Republican Claude R. Kirk Jr. in the general election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Spessard Holland, incumbent U.S. Senator
J. Brailey Oldham, former state representative and candidate for governor in 1952 and 1954

28.4% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary.^[1]

Results

1964 Democratic U.S. Senate primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Spessard Holland (inc.)	676,014	70.02%
	Democratic	J. Brailey Oldham	289,454	29.98%
Total votes			965,468	100.00%

General election

Major candidates

Spessard Holland (D), incumbent Senator
Claude R. Kirk Jr. (R), Florida campaign manager for Richard Nixon in 1960

Results

1964 United States Senate election in Florida^[3]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Spessard Holland (inc.)	997,585	63.93%	7.30
Republican	Claude R. Kirk Jr.	562,212	36.03%	7.26
Write-in	All others	540	0.04%
Democratic hold		Swing	[?]

References

^ Steed, Moreland & Baker 1980, p. 26.
^ "TABULATION OF OFFICIAL VOTE — FLORIDA PRIMARY ELECTIONS" (PDF). Florida Secretary of State. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1964" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. 1965. p. 7.

Works cited

Steed, Robert; Moreland, Laurence; Baker, Tod, eds. (1980). Party Politics in the South. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0030565863.

[FOOTNOTESteedMorelandBaker198026-1] Steed, Moreland & Baker 1980, p. 26.

[Primary_election_results-2] "TABULATION OF OFFICIAL VOTE — FLORIDA PRIMARY ELECTIONS" (PDF). Florida Secretary of State. Retrieved June 17, 2020.

[3] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1964" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. 1965. p. 7.

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