1964 United States Senate election in Florida

none March 2026 September 2023 1964 United States Senate election in Florida Florida 1900 presidential no 1958 United States Senate election in Florida 1958 1970 United States Senate election in Florida 1970 November 3, 1964 x150px Spessard Holland.JPG Spessard Holland Democratic Party (United States) 997,585 63.93% Claude Kirk 1967.jpg Claude R. Kirk Jr. Republican Party (United States) 562,212 36.03% U.S. Senator 1964 United States Senate election in Florida results map by county.svg 280px County results Holland: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% Kirk: #e27f7f 50–60% Spessard Holland Democratic Party (US) Spessard Holland Democratic Party (US) The 1964 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Spessard Holland was re-elected to a fourth term in office, defeating J. Brailey Oldham in the primary and Republican Claude R. Kirk Jr. in the general election. Kirk would go on to be elected governor in 1966. This was the first time since 1950 that a Republican won a county in a U.S. Senate race in Florida. Democratic primary Candidates Spessard Holland, incumbent U.S. Senator J. Brailey Oldham, former state representative and candidate for governor in 1952 and 1954 28.4% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary.Steed Moreland Baker 1980 26 Results 1964 Democratic U.S. Senate primaryTABULATION OF OFFICIAL VOTE FLORIDA PRIMARY ELECTIONS http://edocs.dlis.state.fl.us/fldocs/dos/de/primaryelectionvotes_retro/1964.pdf Florida Secretary of State 17 June 2020 Spessard Holland (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 676,014 70.02% J. Brailey Oldham Democratic Party (United States) 289,454 29.98% 965,468 100.00% General election Major candidates Spessard Holland (D), incumbent Senator Claude R. Kirk Jr. (R), Florida campaign manager for Richard Nixon in 1960 Results 1964 United States Senate election in Floridahttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1964election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives 1965 7 Democratic Party (United States) Spessard Holland (inc.) 997,585 63.93% 7.30 Republican Party (United States) Claude R. Kirk Jr. 562,212 36.03% 7.26 540 0.04% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) ? February 2020 See also 1964 United States Senate elections References Works cited Steed Robert Moreland Laurence Baker Tod Party Politics in the South Praeger Publishers 1980 0030565863 1964 Florida United States Senate