1964 United States Senate election in Indiana

The 1964 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Vance Hartke was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican D. Russell Bontrager.

1964 United States Senate election in Indiana
November 3, 1964
 
Nominee Vance Hartke D. Russell Bontrager
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,128,505 941,519
Percentage 54.33% 45.33%
U.S. senator before election

Vance Hartke
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Vance Hartke
Democratic

Elections in Indiana

General election

Candidates
  • D. Russell Bontrager (Republican)
  • Vance Hartke, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1959 (Democratic)
  • Casimer Kanczuzewski (Socialist Labor)
  • J. Ralston Miller (Prohibition)

Results
General election results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Vance Hartke (inc.) 1,128,505 54.33% 2.13
Republican D. Russell Bontrager 941,519 45.33% 2.91
Prohibition J. Ralston Miller 5,708 0.28% 0.84
Socialist Labor Casimer Kanczuzewski 1,231 0.06% N/A
Total votes 2,076,963 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also

References
  1. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1964election.pdf
  2. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122233
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.