1964 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

The 1964 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Hugh Scott successfully sought re-election to another term, defeating Democratic nominee Genevieve Blatt.

1964 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

November 3, 1964

Nominee Hugh Scott Genevieve Blatt Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,429,858 2,359,223 Percentage 50.6% 49.1%

County results

U.S. senator before election Hugh Scott Republican Elected U.S. Senator Hugh Scott Republican

Major candidates

Democratic

• Genevieve Blatt, Pennsylvania Secretary of Internal Affairs

Republican

• Hugh Scott, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

General election results[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Hugh Scott (inc.)	2,429,858	50.59%	-0.62%
	Democratic	Genevieve Blatt	2,359,223	49.12%	+0.74%
	Socialist Workers	Morris Chertov	7,317	0.15%	+0.01%
	Socialist Labor	George S. Taylor	6,881	0.14%	-0.12%
	N/A	Other	473	0.00%	N/A
Totals			4,803,752	100.00%

See also

• United States Senate elections, 1964

References

1. "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 3, 1964" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved 9 July 2014.