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The 1970 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. 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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Independent | Harry F. Byrd Jr. (Incumbent) | 506,237 | 53.54% | +53.54% | ||
Democratic | George C. Rawlings, Jr. | 294,582 | 31.15% | -22.15% | ||
Republican | Ray L. Garland | 144,765 | 15.31% | -22.07% | ||
Write-in | 30 | 0.00% | -0.02% | |||
Majority | 211,655 | 22.38% | +6.46% | |||
Turnout | 945,614 | |||||
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