1934 United States Senate election in Virginia
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The 1934 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. was re-elected to his first full (and his second overall) term after defeating Republican Lawrence C. Page in a landslide.
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Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (inc.) | 109,963 | 75.96% | +4.65% | |
Republican | Lawrence C. Page | 30,289 | 20.92% | -5.75% | |
Independent | J. L. Litz | 1,503 | 1.04% | ||
Socialist | Herman R. Ansell | 1,127 | 0.78% | +0.10% | |
Independent | John G. Bowman | 1,046 | 0.72% | ||
Communist | Alexander Wright | 431 | 0.30% | +0.30% | |
Prohibition | Hewman H. Raymond | 391 | 0.27% | -0.15% | |
Write-ins | 22 | 0.02% | +0.02% | ||
Majority | 79,674 | 55.03% | +10.39% | ||
Turnout | 144,772 | ||||
Democratic hold |
References edit
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1934" (PDF). Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. p. 32.