The 1964 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John C. Stennis won re-election to his fourth term.
1964 U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi
1964, united, states, senate, election, mississippi, held, november, 1964, incumbent, democratic, senator, john, stennis, election, fourth, term, 1964, senate, democratic, primary, mississippi, 1958, june, 1964, 1970, nominee, john, stennis, victoria, gray, ad. The 1964 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3 1964 Incumbent Democratic U S Senator John C Stennis won re election to his fourth term 1964 U S Senate Democratic primary in Mississippi 1958 June 2 1964 1970 Nominee John C Stennis Victoria Gray Adams Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 173 764 4 703 Percentage 97 37 2 64 County resultsStennis gt 90 U S senator before election John C Stennis Democratic Elected U S Senator John C Stennis Democratic Because Stennis was unopposed in the general election his victory in the June 2 primary was tantamount to election He defeated civil rights activist Victoria Gray Adams a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in a landslide Even as Republican Barry Goldwater defeated incumbent President Lyndon Johnson by 78 points in the concurrent presidential race Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 General election 2 1 Results 3 See also 4 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Victoria Gray Adams civil rights activist and member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party John C Stennis incumbent U S Senator Results edit 1964 Democratic U S Senate primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic John C Stennis incumbent 173 764 97 37 Democratic Victoria Gray Adams 4 703 2 64 Total votes 178 467 100 00 General election editResults edit General election results 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Democratic John C Stennis incumbent 343 364 100 00 nbsp Total votes 343 364 100 00 See also edit1964 United States Senate electionsReferences edit MS US Senate D Primary Race Jun 02 1964 Our Campaigns Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3 1964 PDF Clerk house gov Retrieved June 18 2020 MS US Senate Race Nov 03 1964 Our Campaigns nbsp nbsp This Mississippi elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1964 United States Senate election in Mississippi amp oldid 1213148246, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
