1964 United States Senate election in Missouri

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1964 United States Senate election in Missouri
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  1958 November 3, 1964 1970  
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Nominee Stuart Symington Jean Paul Bradshaw
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,186,666596,377
Percentage66.55%33.45%

1964 United States Senate election in Missouri results map by county.svg
County results
Symington:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Bradshaw:      50–60%     60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Stuart Symington
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Stuart Symington
Democratic

The 1964 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Stuart Symington was re-elected to a third term in office over Republican Jean Paul Bradshaw.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1964 Democratic U.S. Senate primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stuart Symington (incumbent) 563,313 91.99%
Democratic William McKinley Thomas35,5095.80%
Democratic Wilford G. Winholtz13,5502.21%
Total votes612,372 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1964 Republican U.S. Senate primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jean Paul Bradshaw 164,048 78.19%
Republican Morris Duncan46,03021.81%
Total votes211,078 100.00%

General election

Results

General election results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Stuart Symington (incumbent) 1,186,666 66.55% Decrease2.svg0.10
Republican Jean Paul Bradshaw596,37733.45%Increase2.svg0.10
Turnout 1,783,043100.00%
Democratic hold

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References

  1. "MO US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  2. "MO US Senate - R Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  3. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 25.