United States Senate election in Virginia, 1970

United States Senate election in Virginia, 1970
Virginia
November 3, 1970

 
Nominee Harry F. Byrd, Jr. George Rawlings Ray L. Garland
Party Independent Democratic Republican
Popular vote 506,237 294,582 144,765
Percentage 53.5% 31.2% 15.3%

U.S. Senate election results map. Gray denotes counties/districts won by Byrd. Blue denotes those won by Rawlings. Red denotes those won by Garland.

U.S. Senator before election

Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
Independent

The 1970 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. was reelected after winning a race 5 years earlier to finish the remainder his father's term.

Candidates

Results

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (inc.) 506,237 53.54% +53.54%
Democratic George C. Rawlings, Jr. 294,582 31.15% -22.15%
Republican Ray L. Garland 144,765 15.31% -22.07%
write-ins 30 0.00% -0.02%
Majority 211,655 22.38%
Turnout 945,614
Independent gain from Democratic

References

Preceded by
1966/1966 (special)
William B. Spong, Jr.
Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
Virginia U.S. Senate elections
1970
Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
Succeeded by
1972
William L. Scott


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