1946 United States Senate special election in Virginia

The 1946 United States Senate special election in Virginia was held on November 5, 1946. Appointed Democratic Senator Thomas G. Burch retired after filling the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Carter Glass. Absalom Willis Robertson defeated Republican Robert H. Woods and was elected to finish Glass's term in office.

1946 United States Senate special election in Virginia

← 1942 November 5, 1946 1948 →

Nominee Absalom Willis Robertson Robert H. Woods Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 169,680 72,253 Percentage 68.2% 29.0%

U.S. senator before election Thomas G. Burch Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Absalom Willis Robertson Democratic

Results

United States Senate special election in Virginia, 1946^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Absalom Willis Robertson	169,680	68.15%	-22.93%
	Republican	Robert H. Woods	72,253	29.02%	+29.02%
	Socialist	Lawrence S. Wilkes	7,024	2.82%	-3.71%
	Write-ins		5	<0.01%
Majority			97,427	39.13%	-45.42%
Turnout			248,962
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1946 United States Senate elections

References

1. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1946" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. Retrieved July 9, 2014.