1954_United_States_Senate_election_in_Virginia Knowpia

1954 United States Senate election in Virginia
	County and independent city results; Robertson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Lewis: 40-50%
U.S. senator before election; Absalom Willis Robertson; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Absalom Willis Robertson; Democratic

The 1954 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 2, 1954. Democratic incumbent Senator Absalom Willis Robertson defeated Independent Democrat Charles Lewis and Independent Clarke Robb and was re-elected to a second term in office.

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United States Senate election in Virginia, 1954^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Absalom Willis Robertson (inc.)	244,844	79.88%	+14.14%
	Independent Democrat	Charles W. Lewis, Jr.	32,681	10.66%	+10.66%
	Social Democrat	Clarke T. Robb	28,922	9.44%	+9.02%
	Write-ins		63	0.02%	+0.02%
Majority			212,163	69.22%	+34.18%
Turnout			306,510
	Democratic hold

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^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1954" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 39.

[1] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1954" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 39.

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