The 1960 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 8, 1960. Democratic incumbent Senator Absalom Willis Robertson defeated Independent Democrat Stuart Baker and Social Democrat Clarke Robb and was re-elected to a third term in office.
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 County and independent city results Robertson: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Baker: 50-60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Absalom Willis Robertson (inc.) | 506,169 | 81.27% | +1.39% | |
| Independent Democrat | Stuart D. Baker | 88,718 | 14.24% | +3.58% | |
| Social Democratic | Clarke T. Robb | 26,783 | 4.30% | −5.14% | |
| Write-ins | 1,150 | 0.18% | +0.16% | ||
| Majority | 417,451 | 67.03% | −2.19% | ||
| Turnout | 622,820 | ||||
| Democratic hold | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 45.
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