1964 United States Senate election in Florida

The 1964 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Spessard Holland was re-elected to a fourth term in office, defeating J. Brailey Oldham in the primary and Republican Claude R. Kirk Jr. in the general election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Spessard Holland, incumbent U.S. Senator
• J. Brailey Oldham, former state representative and candidate for governor in 1952 and 1954

28.4% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary.

Results

General election

Major candidates

• Spessard Holland (D), incumbent Senator
• Claude R. Kirk Jr. (R), Florida campaign manager for Richard Nixon in 1960

Results

See also

• 1964 United States Senate elections

References

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