1954 United States Senate election in Virginia

United States Senate election in Virginia, 1954

November 2, 1954

Nominee Absalom Willis Robertson Charles W. Lewis, Jr. Clarke T. Robb Party Democratic Independent Democrat Social Democratic Popular vote 244,844 32,681 28,922 Percentage 79.9% 10.7% 9.4%

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

The 1954 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 2, 1954. Democratic incumbent Senator Absalom Willis Robertson defeated Independent Democrat Charles Lewis and Social Democrat Clarke Robb and was re-elected to a third term in office.

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Absalom Willis Robertson (inc.)	244,844	79.88%	+14.14
	Independent Democrat	Charles W. Lewis, Jr.	32,681	10.66%	+10.66
	Social Democratic	Clarke T. Robb	28,922	9.44%	+9.02
	Write-ins		63	0.02%	+0.02
Majority			212,163	69.22%
Turnout			306,510
	Democratic hold

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Preceded by 1952 Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

Virginia U.S. Senate elections 1954 Absalom Willis Robertson

Succeeded by 1958 Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

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