The 1970 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Senator
Harry F. Byrd Jr.
Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (December 20, 1914 – July 30, 2013) was an American orchardist, newspaper publisher and politician. He served in the Senate of Virginia and then represented Virginia in the United States Senate, succeeding his father, Harr ...
was re-elected to his first full term after winning a race 4 years earlier to finish the remainder of
his father's term.
Having switched from Democratic to an Independent shortly before the election, Byrd became the first non-Democrat to represent the state in the Senate since 1889.
Candidates
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Harry F. Byrd Jr.
Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (December 20, 1914 – July 30, 2013) was an American orchardist, newspaper publisher and politician. He served in the Senate of Virginia and then represented Virginia in the United States Senate, succeeding his father, Harr ...
(I), incumbent U.S. Senator
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George C. Rawlings, Jr. (D), former member of the Virginia House of Delegates
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Ray L. Garland
Ray Lucian Garland (born May 20, 1934) is an American businessman and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly representing Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke, and who later wrote ...
(R), member of Virginia House of Delegates
Results
See also
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1970 United States Senate elections
The 1970 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate, taking place in the middle of Richard Nixon's first term as President. The Democrats lost a net of three seats, while the Republicans and the Conservative Pa ...
References
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
1970
Events
January
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1970 Virginia elections
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