United States Senate election in Vermont, 1964

United States Senate election in Vermont, 1964
Vermont
November 3, 1964 (1964-11-03)

 
Candidate Winston L. Prouty Frederick J. Fayette
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 87,879 76,457
Percentage 53.4% 46.5%

U.S. Senator before election

Winston L. Prouty
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Winston L. Prouty
Republican

The 1964 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Republican Winston L. Prouty successfully ran for re-election to another term in the United States Senate, defeating Democratic candidate Frederick J. Fayette.

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Winston L. Prouty (inc.) 43,648 99.9
Republican Other 63 0.1
Total votes 43,711 100

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Frederick J. Fayette 12,388 71.1
Democratic William H. Meyer 4,913 28.2
Democratic Other 134 0.7
Total votes 17,435 100

General election

Results

United States Senate election in Vermont, 1964[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Winston L. Prouty 83,302 50.7
Independent Winston L. Prouty 4,516 2.7
N/A Winston L. Prouty 61 0.0
Total Winston L. Prouty (inc.) 87,879 53.4
Democratic Frederick J. Fayette 76,457 46.5
N/A Other 14 0.0
Total votes 164,350 100

References

  1. 1 2 "Primary Election Results" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. "General Election Results - U.S. Senator - 1914-2014" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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