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.
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County results Hartke: 50–60% 60–70% Bontrager: 40-50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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General election
editCandidates
edit- D. Russell Bontrager, State Senator (Republican)
- Vance Hartke, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1959 (Democratic)
- Casimer Kanczuzewski (Socialist Labor)
- J. Ralston Miller (Prohibition)
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 14.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1964".