The 1948 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Democratic Senator Absalom Willis Robertson defeated Republican Robert H. Woods and was re-elected to his first full term in office.
1948, united, states, senate, election, virginia, held, november, 1948, incumbent, democratic, senator, absalom, willis, robertson, defeated, republican, robert, woods, elected, first, full, term, office, 1946, special, november, 1948, 1954, nominee, absalom, . The 1948 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 2 1948 Incumbent Democratic Senator Absalom Willis Robertson defeated Republican Robert H Woods and was re elected to his first full term in office 1948 United States Senate election in Virginia 1946 special November 2 1948 1954 Nominee Absalom Willis Robertson Robert H WoodsParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 253 865 118 546Percentage 65 7 30 7 U S senator before electionAbsalom Willis RobertsonDemocratic Elected U S Senator Absalom Willis RobertsonDemocraticResults EditUnited States Senate election in Virginia 1948 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Absalom Willis Robertson inc 253 865 65 74 2 41 Republican Robert H Woods 118 546 30 70 1 68 Independent Howard Carwile 6 788 1 76 Progressive Virginia Foster Durr 5 347 1 38 1 38 Socialist Clarke T Robb 1 627 0 42 2 40 Write ins 5 lt 0 01 Majority 135 319 35 04 4 09 Turnout 386 168Democratic holdSee also EditUnited States Senate elections 1948 and 1949References Edit Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2 1948 PDF Clerk of the House of Representatives p 42 nbsp nbsp This Virginia elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1948 United States Senate election in Virginia amp oldid 1173910559, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
