1966 Virginia U.S. Senate Special
Who won the 1966 Virginia U.S. Senate Special?
Harry F. Byrd Jr. won the 1966 Virginia U.S. Senate Special. Harry F. Byrd Jr. received 389,028 popular votes (53.3%). The main challenger was Lawrence M. Traylor (37.38%).
See the full head-to-head between Jr. and Traylor
Jr. +15.9 pts · won by 116,224 votes
389,028 votes
272,804 votes
57,692 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.4% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
A special election fills a Senate seat that came open mid-term. Popular-vote totals for this U.S. Senate election come from the Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA) and the official public record.