Election Name: | 1970 United States Senate election in Virginia |
Country: | Virginia |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1966 United States Senate special election in Virginia |
Previous Year: | 1966 (special) |
Next Election: | 1976 United States Senate election in Virginia |
Next Year: | 1976 |
Election Date: | November 3, 1970 |
Image1: | Harry F. Byrd Jr. 1977.jpg |
Nominee1: | Harry F. Byrd Jr. |
Party1: | Independent (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 506,237 |
Percentage1: | 53.54% |
Nominee2: | George Rawlings |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 294,582 |
Percentage2: | 31.15% |
Image3: | File:Senator Garland 1982.jpg |
Nominee3: | Ray L. Garland |
Party3: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote3: | 144,765 |
Percentage3: | 15.31% |
Map Size: | 300px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Harry F. Byrd Jr. |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Harry F. Byrd Jr. |
After Party: | Independent (United States) |
The 1970 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. was re-elected to his first full term after winning a race 4 years earlier to finish the remainder of his father's term.
Having switched from Democratic to an Independent shortly before the election, Byrd became the first non-Democrat to represent the state in the Senate since 1889.