United States Senate election in Virginia, 1970

United States Senate election in Virginia, 1970

November 3, 1970

Nominee Harry F. Byrd, Jr. George Rawlings Ray L. Garland Party Independent Democratic Republican Popular vote 506,237 294,582 144,765 Percentage 53.5% 31.2% 15.3%

300px U.S. Senate election results map. Gray denotes counties/districts won by Byrd. Blue denotes those won by Rawlings. Red denotes those won by Garland.

U.S. senator before election Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Independent

The 1970 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. was reelected after winning a race 5 years earlier to finish the remainder his father's term.

Candidates

• Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (I), incumbent U.S. Senator
• George C. Rawlings, Jr. (D), former member of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Ray L. Garland (R), member of Virginia House of Delegates

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (inc.)	506,237	53.54%	+53.54%
	Democratic	George C. Rawlings, Jr.	294,582	31.15%	-22.15%
	Republican	Ray L. Garland	144,765	15.31%	-22.07%
		write-ins	30	0.00%	-0.02%
Majority			211,655	22.38%
Turnout			945,614
	Independent gain from Democratic

References

Preceded by 1966/1966 (special) William B. Spong, Jr. Harry F. Byrd, Jr.

Virginia U.S. Senate elections 1970 Harry F. Byrd, Jr.

Succeeded by 1972 William L. Scott