The 1946 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 5, 1946. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd Sr. was re-elected to a fourth term after defeating Republican Lester S. Parsons.
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 County and Independent City Results
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Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (inc.) | 163,960 | 64.84% | −28.48% | |
| Republican | Lester S. Parsons | 77,005 | 30.45% | +30.45% | |
| Independent | Howard Carwile | 5,189 | 2.05% | ||
| Communist | Alice Burke | 3,318 | 1.31% | −1.50% | |
| Prohibition | Thomas E. Boorde | 1,764 | 0.70% | +0.70% | |
| Socialist | Clarke T. Robb | 1,592 | 0.63% | +0.63% | |
| Write-ins | 35 | 0.01% | −0.06% | ||
| Majority | 86,955 | 34.39% | −55.14% | ||
| Turnout | 252,863 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Graf, William (February 1, 1947). Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1946 (PDF) (Report). Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 22, 2022.
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