1934_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia Knowpia

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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United States Senate election in Virginia, 1934^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

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^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1934" (PDF). Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. p. 32.

[1] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1934" (PDF). Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. p. 32.

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