Election Name: | 1964 United States Senate election in North Dakota |
Country: | North Dakota |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1960 United States Senate special election in North Dakota |
Previous Year: | 1960(special) |
Next Election: | 1970 United States Senate election in North Dakota |
Next Year: | 1970 |
Election Date: | November 3, 1964 |
Nominee2: | Thomas Kleppe |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 109,681 |
Percentage2: | 42.36% |
Image1: | Quentin Burdick.jpg |
Nominee1: | Quentin Burdick |
Party1: | North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party |
Popular Vote1: | 149,264 |
Percentage1: | 57.64% |
Map Size: | 250px |
U.S. senator | |
Before Election: | Quentin Burdick |
Before Party: | Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party (North Dakota) |
After Election: | Quentin Burdick |
After Party: | Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party (North Dakota) |
The 1964 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 3, 1964. The incumbent, Dem-NPL Senator Quentin Burdick, sought and received re-election to his second term, defeating Republican candidate Thomas S. Kleppe, who later became the United States Secretary of the Interior.[1]
Only Burdick filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was Thomas S. Kleppe, who served two terms as a Representative for North Dakota's second congressional district from 1967 to 1971. Burdick and Kleppe won the primary elections for their respective parties.