1964 United States Senate election in Florida
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The 1964 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Spessard Holland was re-elected to a fourth term in office, defeating J. Brailey Oldham in the primary and Republican Claude R. Kirk Jr. in the general election. Kirk would go on to be elected governor in 1966. This was the first time since 1950 that a Republican won a county in a U.S. Senate race in Florida.
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November 3, 1964
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 County results
Holland: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Kirk: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democratic primary
Candidates
- Spessard Holland, incumbent U.S. Senator
- J. Brailey Oldham, former state representative and candidate for governor in 1952 and 1954
28.4% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary.[1]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Spessard Holland (inc.) | 676,014 | 70.02% | |
| Democratic | J. Brailey Oldham | 289,454 | 29.98% | |
| Total votes | 965,468 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Major candidates
- Spessard Holland (D), incumbent Senator
- Claude R. Kirk Jr. (R), Florida campaign manager for Richard Nixon in 1960
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Spessard Holland (inc.) | 997,585 | 63.93% |  7.30 | |
| Republican | Claude R. Kirk Jr. | 562,212 | 36.03% |  7.26 | |
| Write-in | 540 | 0.04% | |||
| Democratic hold | Swing | [?] | |||