1964 United States Senate election in Florida
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.
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Democratic primary
Candidates
- Spessard Holland, incumbent U.S. Senator
- J. Brailey Oldham, former State Representative and candidate for Governor in 1952 and 1954
Results
| 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), State Senator
- Claude R. Kirk Jr. (R), Florida campaign manager for Richard Nixon in 1960
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Spessard Holland | 902,438 | 63.93% |  7.30 | |
| Republican | Claude R. Kirk Jr. | 772,817 | 36.03% |  7.26 | |
| Write-in | All others | 540 | 0.04% | ||
| Democratic hold | Swing | [?] | |||
See also
References
Footnotes
- (PDF). Florida Secretary of State http://edocs.dlis.state.fl.us/fldocs/dos/de/primaryelectionvotes_retro/1964.pdf. Retrieved 17 June 2020. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - "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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