1964 United States Senate election in Mississippi

1964 U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi

←  1958 June 2, 1964 1970  →

Nominee John C. Stennis Victoria Gray Adams Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 173,764 4,703 Percentage 97.37% 2.64%

County results Stennis:      >90%

U.S. senator before election John C. Stennis Democratic Elected U.S. Senator John C. Stennis Democratic

The 1964 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John C. Stennis won re-election to his fourth term.

Because Stennis was unopposed in the general election, his victory in the June 2 primary was tantamount to election. He defeated civil rights activist Victoria Gray Adams, a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in a landslide, even as Republican Barry Goldwater defeated incumbent President Lyndon Johnson by 78 points in the concurrent presidential race.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Victoria Gray Adams, civil rights activist and member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
• John C. Stennis, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

1964 Democratic U.S. Senate primary ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John C. Stennis (incumbent)	173,764	97.37%
	Democratic	Victoria Gray Adams	4,703	2.64%
Total votes			178,467	100.00%

General election

Results

General election results ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John C. Stennis (incumbent)	343,364	100.00%
Total votes			343,364	100.00%

See also

• 1964 United States Senate elections

References

1. "MS US Senate - D Primary Race - Jun 02, 1964". Our Campaigns.
2. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1964" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
3. "MS US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1964". Our Campaigns.