1964 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

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1964 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

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

1964 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania results map by county.svg
County results

Scott:      50-60%      60-70%...     80–90%

Blatt:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Hugh Scott
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Hugh Scott
Republican

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.

As of 2021, this is the last Senate election where York County voted Democratic.

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.
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