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1964 United States Senate election in Indiana

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1964 United States Senate election in Indiana

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Nominee Vance Hartke D. Russell Bontrager
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,128,505 941,519
Percentage 54.33% 45.33%

County results
Hartke:      50–60%      60–70%
Bontrager:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Vance Hartke
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Vance Hartke
Democratic

The 1964 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Vance Hartke was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican D. Russell Bontrager.

General election

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Candidates

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  • D. Russell Bontrager, State Senator (Republican)
  • Vance Hartke, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1959 (Democratic)
  • Casimer Kanczuzewski (Socialist Labor)
  • J. Ralston Miller (Prohibition)

Results

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General election results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Vance Hartke (inc.) 1,128,505 54.33% Decrease2.13
Republican D. Russell Bontrager 941,519 45.33% Increase2.91
Prohibition J. Ralston Miller 5,708 0.28% Decrease0.84
Socialist Labor Casimer Kanczuzewski 1,231 0.06% N/A
Total votes 2,076,963 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 14.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - IN US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1964".