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The1970 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 3, 1970. Incumbent SenatorHarry F. Byrd Jr. was re-elected to his first full term after winning a race 4 years earlier to finish the remainder ofhis 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. Byrd dominated the whole state except for the historic "antiorganization" strongholds in unionized coal counties ofSouthwest Virginia[1] and a few heavily black counties of the Tidewater.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Harry F. Byrd Jr. (Incumbent) | 506,237 | 53.54% | +53.54% | ||
| Democratic | George C. Rawlings, Jr. | 294,582 | 31.15% | −22.15% | ||
| Republican | Ray L. Garland | 144,765 | 15.31% | −22.07% | ||
| Write-in | 30 | 0.00% | -0.02% | |||
| Majority | 211,655 | 22.38% | +6.46% | |||
| Turnout | 945,614 | |||||
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| George C. Rawlings Jr. Democratic | Ray Lucian Garland Republican | Harry Flood Byrd Jr. Independent | Various candidates Write-ins | Margin[a] | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Accomack County | 1,361 | 23.00% | 748 | 12.64% | 3,808 | 64.36% | -2,447 | -41.36% | 5,917 | ||
| Albemarle County | 1,184 | 18.60% | 985 | 15.47% | 4,198 | 65.93% | -3,014 | -47.34% | 6,367 | ||
| Alleghany County | 563 | 23.90% | 515 | 21.86% | 1,278 | 54.24% | -715 | -30.35% | 2,356 | ||
| Amelia County | 622 | 28.53% | 123 | 5.64% | 1,434 | 65.78% | 1 | 0.05% | -812 | -37.25% | 2,180 |
| Amherst County | 931 | 21.72% | 363 | 8.47% | 2,993 | 69.82% | -2,062 | -48.10% | 4,287 | ||
| Appomattox County | 536 | 14.53% | 191 | 5.18% | 2,962 | 80.29% | -2,426 | -65.76% | 3,689 | ||
| Arlington County | 14,270 | 33.05% | 7,607 | 17.62% | 21,302 | 49.33% | -7,032 | -16.29% | 43,179 | ||
| Augusta County | 1,090 | 16.27% | 1,668 | 24.90% | 3,942 | 58.84% | -2,274[b] | -33.94% | 6,700 | ||
| Bath County | 186 | 18.25% | 220 | 21.59% | 613 | 60.16% | -393[b] | -38.57% | 1,019 | ||
| Bedford County | 761 | 16.83% | 464 | 10.26% | 3,296 | 72.90% | -2,535 | -56.07% | 4,521 | ||
| Bland County | 408 | 27.04% | 351 | 23.26% | 750 | 49.70% | -342 | -22.66% | 1,509 | ||
| Botetourt County | 733 | 20.46% | 930 | 25.96% | 1,917 | 53.52% | 2 | 0.06% | -987[b] | -27.56% | 3,582 |
| Brunswick County | 1,291 | 35.78% | 93 | 2.58% | 2,224 | 61.64% | -933 | -25.86% | 3,608 | ||
| Buchanan County | 3,141 | 51.56% | 1,753 | 28.78% | 1,198 | 19.67% | 1,388[c] | 22.78% | 6,092 | ||
| Buckingham County | 863 | 27.57% | 182 | 5.81% | 2,085 | 66.61% | -1,222 | -39.04% | 3,130 | ||
| Campbell County | 811 | 11.68% | 782 | 11.26% | 5,351 | 77.06% | -4,540 | -65.38% | 6,944 | ||
| Caroline County | 1,505 | 46.29% | 153 | 4.71% | 1,593 | 49.00% | -88 | -2.71% | 3,251 | ||
| Carroll County | 1,530 | 31.16% | 2,473 | 50.37% | 907 | 18.47% | -943[c] | -19.21% | 4,910 | ||
| Charles City County | 1,074 | 72.76% | 69 | 4.67% | 333 | 22.56% | 741 | 50.20% | 1,476 | ||
| Charlotte County | 656 | 20.74% | 189 | 5.98% | 2,318 | 73.28% | -1,662 | -52.55% | 3,163 | ||
| Chesterfield County | 2,565 | 16.62% | 1,592 | 10.31% | 11,280 | 73.07% | -8,715 | -56.46% | 15,437 | ||
| Clarke County | 307 | 15.07% | 123 | 6.04% | 1,607 | 78.89% | -1,300 | -63.82% | 2,037 | ||
| Craig County | 240 | 24.95% | 268 | 27.86% | 453 | 47.09% | 1 | 0.10% | -185[b] | -19.23% | 962 |
| Culpeper County | 795 | 23.82% | 468 | 14.02% | 2,075 | 62.16% | -1,280 | -38.35% | 3,338 | ||
| Cumberland County | 810 | 39.78% | 69 | 3.39% | 1,157 | 56.83% | -347 | -17.04% | 2,036 | ||
| Dickenson County | 2,654 | 42.48% | 3,078 | 49.27% | 515 | 8.24% | -424[c] | -6.79% | 6,247 | ||
| Dinwiddie County | 1,209 | 29.14% | 193 | 4.65% | 2,747 | 66.21% | -1,538 | -37.07% | 4,149 | ||
| Essex County | 560 | 33.61% | 74 | 4.44% | 1,032 | 61.94% | -472 | -28.33% | 1,666 | ||
| Fairfax County | 29,259 | 33.16% | 19,707 | 22.33% | 39,278 | 44.51% | -10,019 | -11.35% | 88,244 | ||
| Fauquier County | 1,266 | 26.12% | 558 | 11.51% | 3,023 | 62.37% | -1,757 | -36.25% | 4,847 | ||
| Floyd County | 478 | 21.59% | 869 | 39.25% | 867 | 39.16% | 2[b] | 0.09% | 2,214 | ||
| Fluvanna County | 332 | 22.30% | 147 | 9.87% | 1,010 | 67.83% | -678 | -45.53% | 1,489 | ||
| Franklin County | 1,565 | 33.80% | 668 | 14.43% | 2,397 | 51.77% | -832 | -17.97% | 4,630 | ||
| Frederick County | 1,172 | 20.06% | 403 | 6.90% | 4,268 | 73.04% | -3,096 | -52.99% | 5,843 | ||
| Giles County | 1,541 | 36.81% | 1,016 | 24.27% | 1,629 | 38.92% | -88 | -2.10% | 4,186 | ||
| Gloucester County | 904 | 31.16% | 235 | 8.10% | 1,762 | 60.74% | -858 | -29.58% | 2,901 | ||
| Goochland County | 1,045 | 36.93% | 174 | 6.15% | 1,611 | 56.93% | -566 | -20.00% | 2,830 | ||
| Grayson County | 1,743 | 41.54% | 1,663 | 39.63% | 790 | 18.83% | 80[c] | 1.91% | 4,196 | ||
| Greene County | 193 | 18.45% | 252 | 24.09% | 601 | 57.46% | -349[b] | -33.37% | 1,046 | ||
| Greensville County | 1,054 | 44.74% | 68 | 2.89% | 1,234 | 52.38% | -180 | -7.64% | 2,356 | ||
| Halifax County | 1,223 | 21.45% | 380 | 6.66% | 4,099 | 71.89% | -2,876 | -50.44% | 5,702 | ||
| Hanover County | 1,443 | 18.59% | 567 | 7.30% | 5,754 | 74.11% | -4,311 | -55.53% | 7,764 | ||
| Henrico County | 5,114 | 13.09% | 3,408 | 8.73% | 30,535 | 78.17% | 3 | 0.01% | -25,421 | -65.08% | 39,060 |
| Henry County | 2,954 | 41.00% | 1,036 | 14.38% | 3,215 | 44.62% | -261 | -3.62% | 7,205 | ||
| Highland County | 56 | 7.41% | 255 | 33.73% | 445 | 58.86% | -190[b] | -25.13% | 756 | ||
| Isle of Wight County | 1,627 | 40.41% | 269 | 6.68% | 2,130 | 52.91% | -503 | -12.49% | 4,026 | ||
| James City County | 1,079 | 38.59% | 347 | 12.41% | 1,370 | 49.00% | -291 | -10.41% | 2,796 | ||
| King and Queen County | 575 | 42.81% | 51 | 3.80% | 717 | 53.39% | -142 | -10.57% | 1,343 | ||
| King George County | 571 | 32.15% | 323 | 18.19% | 882 | 49.66% | -311 | -17.51% | 1,776 | ||
| King William County | 617 | 31.85% | 113 | 5.83% | 1,207 | 62.31% | -590 | -30.46% | 1,937 | ||
| Lancaster County | 760 | 25.38% | 267 | 8.92% | 1,967 | 65.70% | -1,207 | -40.31% | 2,994 | ||
| Lee County | 3,024 | 45.39% | 2,325 | 34.90% | 1,313 | 19.71% | 699[c] | 10.49% | 6,662 | ||
| Loudoun County | 1,941 | 26.58% | 945 | 12.94% | 4,417 | 60.48% | -2,476 | -33.90% | 7,303 | ||
| Louisa County | 757 | 25.38% | 212 | 7.11% | 2,014 | 67.52% | -1,257 | -42.14% | 2,983 | ||
| Lunenburg County | 704 | 25.42% | 128 | 4.62% | 1,938 | 69.96% | -1,234 | -44.55% | 2,770 | ||
| Madison County | 314 | 16.66% | 349 | 18.51% | 1,222 | 64.83% | -873[b] | -46.32% | 1,885 | ||
| Mathews County | 443 | 23.60% | 170 | 9.06% | 1,264 | 67.34% | -821 | -43.74% | 1,877 | ||
| Mecklenburg County | 1,502 | 24.63% | 301 | 4.94% | 4,296 | 70.44% | -2,794 | -45.81% | 6,099 | ||
| Middlesex County | 273 | 17.44% | 145 | 9.27% | 1,147 | 73.29% | -874 | -55.85% | 1,565 | ||
| Montgomery County | 1,823 | 22.48% | 1,973 | 24.32% | 4,315 | 53.20% | -2,342[b] | -28.88% | 8,111 | ||
| Nelson County | 369 | 19.39% | 172 | 9.04% | 1,362 | 71.57% | -993 | -52.18% | 1,903 | ||
| New Kent County | 493 | 38.46% | 76 | 5.93% | 713 | 55.62% | -220 | -17.16% | 1,282 | ||
| Northampton County | 994 | 33.73% | 225 | 7.63% | 1,728 | 58.64% | -734 | -24.91% | 2,947 | ||
| Northumberland County | 622 | 25.98% | 169 | 7.06% | 1,603 | 66.96% | -981 | -40.98% | 2,394 | ||
| Nottoway County | 1,093 | 27.87% | 224 | 5.71% | 2,605 | 66.42% | -1,512 | -38.55% | 3,922 | ||
| Orange County | 504 | 18.80% | 305 | 11.38% | 1,871 | 69.79% | 1 | 0.04% | -1,367 | -50.99% | 2,681 |
| Page County | 1,071 | 21.38% | 1,630 | 32.54% | 2,308 | 46.08% | -678[b] | -13.54% | 5,009 | ||
| Patrick County | 796 | 27.99% | 685 | 24.09% | 1,363 | 47.93% | -567 | -19.94% | 2,844 | ||
| Pittsylvania County | 2,981 | 26.61% | 642 | 5.73% | 7,579 | 67.66% | -4,598 | -41.05% | 11,202 | ||
| Powhatan County | 674 | 34.46% | 95 | 4.86% | 1,186 | 60.63% | 1 | 0.05% | -512 | -26.18% | 1,956 |
| Prince Edward County | 1,224 | 29.21% | 230 | 5.49% | 2,736 | 65.30% | -1,512 | -36.09% | 4,190 | ||
| Prince George County | 1,015 | 32.16% | 229 | 7.26% | 1,912 | 60.58% | -897 | -28.42% | 3,156 | ||
| Prince William County | 4,030 | 29.52% | 3,204 | 23.47% | 6,418 | 47.01% | -2,388 | -17.49% | 13,652 | ||
| Pulaski County | 1,730 | 29.63% | 1,468 | 25.15% | 2,640 | 45.22% | -910 | -15.59% | 5,838 | ||
| Rappahannock County | 275 | 23.19% | 107 | 9.02% | 804 | 67.79% | -529 | -44.60% | 1,186 | ||
| Richmond County | 253 | 18.77% | 104 | 7.72% | 991 | 73.52% | -738 | -54.75% | 1,348 | ||
| Roanoke County | 2,426 | 16.42% | 3,396 | 22.98% | 8,955 | 60.59% | 2 | 0.01% | -5,559[b] | -37.61% | 14,779 |
| Rockbridge County | 451 | 17.99% | 428 | 17.07% | 1,627 | 64.90% | 1 | 0.04% | -1,176 | -46.91% | 2,507 |
| Rockingham County | 1,262 | 15.32% | 2,291 | 27.81% | 4,685 | 56.86% | 1 | 0.01% | -2,394[b] | -29.05% | 8,239 |
| Russell County | 2,927 | 41.74% | 2,710 | 38.64% | 1,376 | 19.62% | 217[c] | 3.10% | 7,013 | ||
| Scott County | 2,875 | 38.32% | 3,039 | 40.51% | 1,588 | 21.17% | -164[c] | -2.19% | 7,502 | ||
| Shenandoah County | 881 | 12.70% | 2,566 | 37.00% | 3,489 | 50.30% | -923[b] | -13.30% | 6,936 | ||
| Smyth County | 2,329 | 29.19% | 2,214 | 27.74% | 3,437 | 43.07% | -1,108 | -13.88% | 7,980 | ||
| Southampton County | 1,305 | 33.05% | 165 | 4.18% | 2,479 | 62.78% | -1,174 | -29.73% | 3,949 | ||
| Spotsylvania County | 2,097 | 52.16% | 326 | 8.11% | 1,597 | 39.73% | 500 | 12.44% | 4,020 | ||
| Stafford County | 2,091 | 38.81% | 723 | 13.42% | 2,574 | 47.77% | -483 | -8.96% | 5,388 | ||
| Surry County | 850 | 45.50% | 85 | 4.55% | 933 | 49.95% | -83 | -4.44% | 1,868 | ||
| Sussex County | 1,419 | 39.59% | 99 | 2.76% | 2,066 | 57.65% | -647 | -18.05% | 3,584 | ||
| Tazewell County | 3,054 | 41.99% | 1,545 | 21.24% | 2,674 | 36.77% | 380 | 5.22% | 7,273 | ||
| Warren County | 1,276 | 31.68% | 493 | 12.24% | 2,259 | 56.08% | -983 | -24.40% | 4,028 | ||
| Washington County | 2,683 | 29.77% | 2,525 | 28.02% | 3,804 | 42.21% | -1,121 | -12.44% | 9,012 | ||
| Westmoreland County | 671 | 26.90% | 170 | 6.82% | 1,653 | 66.28% | -982 | -39.37% | 2,494 | ||
| Wise County | 4,703 | 45.78% | 3,757 | 36.58% | 1,811 | 17.63% | 1 | 0.01% | 946[c] | 9.20% | 10,272 |
| Wythe County | 1,099 | 22.66% | 1,463 | 30.16% | 2,287 | 47.15% | 1 | 0.02% | -824[b] | -16.99% | 4,850 |
| York County | 1,598 | 28.41% | 725 | 12.89% | 3,302 | 58.70% | -1,704 | -30.29% | 5,625 | ||
| Alexandria City | 8,091 | 38.50% | 3,645 | 17.34% | 9,280 | 44.16% | -1,189 | -5.66% | 21,016 | ||
| Bedford City | 294 | 19.10% | 208 | 13.52% | 1,037 | 67.38% | -743 | -48.28% | 1,539 | ||
| Bristol City | 957 | 31.89% | 384 | 12.80% | 1,660 | 55.31% | -703 | -23.43% | 3,001 | ||
| Buena Vista City | 170 | 18.78% | 173 | 19.12% | 562 | 62.10% | -389[b] | -42.98% | 905 | ||
| Charlottesville City | 2,691 | 32.02% | 976 | 11.61% | 4,736 | 56.36% | -2,045 | -24.34% | 8,403 | ||
| Chesapeake City | 6,555 | 39.10% | 1,401 | 8.36% | 8,808 | 52.54% | -2,253 | -13.44% | 16,764 | ||
| Clifton Forge City | 269 | 19.81% | 171 | 12.59% | 918 | 67.60% | -649 | -47.79% | 1,358 | ||
| Colonial Heights City | 459 | 12.13% | 351 | 9.28% | 2,974 | 78.59% | -2,515 | -66.46% | 3,784 | ||
| Covington City | 631 | 26.27% | 454 | 18.90% | 1,317 | 54.83% | -686 | -28.56% | 2,402 | ||
| Danville City | 2,631 | 25.69% | 735 | 7.18% | 6,874 | 67.13% | -4,243 | -41.44% | 10,240 | ||
| Emporia City | 479 | 29.57% | 105 | 6.48% | 1,036 | 63.95% | -557 | -34.38% | 1,620 | ||
| Fairfax City | 1,309 | 30.98% | 878 | 20.78% | 2,038 | 48.24% | -729 | -17.26% | 4,225 | ||
| Falls Church City | 1,112 | 35.60% | 553 | 17.70% | 1,459 | 46.70% | -347 | -11.11% | 3,124 | ||
| Franklin City | 489 | 32.38% | 71 | 4.70% | 950 | 62.91% | -461 | -30.53% | 1,510 | ||
| Fredericksburg City | 1,771 | 43.50% | 387 | 9.51% | 1,913 | 46.99% | -142 | -3.49% | 4,071 | ||
| Galax City | 681 | 41.78% | 382 | 23.44% | 567 | 34.79% | 114 | 6.99% | 1,630 | ||
| Hampton City | 8,307 | 41.13% | 2,018 | 9.99% | 9,873 | 48.88% | -1,566 | -7.75% | 20,198 | ||
| Harrisonburg City | 457 | 14.42% | 664 | 20.95% | 2,048 | 64.61% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,384[b] | -43.66% | 3,170 |
| Hopewell City | 1,286 | 27.29% | 382 | 8.11% | 3,045 | 64.61% | -1,759 | -37.32% | 4,713 | ||
| Lexington City | 406 | 27.68% | 261 | 17.79% | 799 | 54.46% | 1 | 0.07% | -393 | -26.79% | 1,467 |
| Lynchburg City | 2,589 | 21.92% | 1,130 | 9.57% | 8,094 | 68.52% | -5,505 | -46.60% | 11,813 | ||
| Martinsville City | 1,818 | 37.79% | 560 | 11.64% | 2,433 | 50.57% | -615 | -12.78% | 4,811 | ||
| Newport News City | 9,622 | 40.51% | 2,177 | 9.17% | 11,948 | 50.31% | 3 | 0.01% | -2,326 | -9.79% | 23,750 |
| Norfolk City | 20,816 | 45.38% | 4,683 | 10.21% | 20,372 | 44.41% | 1 | 0.00% | 444 | 0.97% | 45,872 |
| Norton City | 410 | 39.08% | 327 | 31.17% | 312 | 29.74% | 83[c] | 7.91% | 1,049 | ||
| Petersburg City | 4,025 | 47.84% | 335 | 3.98% | 4,053 | 48.17% | 1 | 0.01% | -28 | -0.33% | 8,414 |
| Portsmouth City | 10,592 | 41.34% | 2,179 | 8.50% | 12,853 | 50.16% | -2,261 | -8.82% | 25,624 | ||
| Radford City | 754 | 27.25% | 768 | 27.76% | 1,245 | 44.99% | -477[b] | -17.23% | 2,767 | ||
| Richmond City | 20,487 | 35.50% | 3,479 | 6.03% | 33,740 | 58.47% | -13,253 | -22.97% | 57,706 | ||
| Roanoke City | 4,443 | 22.32% | 4,016 | 20.18% | 11,443 | 57.49% | 1 | 0.01% | -7,000 | -35.17% | 19,903 |
| Salem City | 864 | 18.29% | 1,016 | 21.50% | 2,843 | 60.17% | 2 | 0.04% | -1,827[b] | -38.67% | 4,725 |
| South Boston City | 319 | 17.56% | 167 | 9.19% | 1,330 | 73.20% | 1 | 0.06% | -1,011 | -55.64% | 1,817 |
| Staunton City | 1,104 | 21.11% | 1,081 | 20.67% | 3,043 | 58.19% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,939 | -37.08% | 5,229 |
| Suffolk City | 617 | 28.03% | 147 | 6.68% | 1,437 | 65.29% | -820 | -37.26% | 2,201 | ||
| Virginia Beach City | 8,434 | 36.02% | 3,192 | 13.63% | 11,787 | 50.34% | 1 | 0.00% | -3,353 | -14.32% | 23,414 |
| Waynesboro City | 732 | 19.15% | 1,042 | 27.26% | 2,048 | 53.58% | -1,006[b] | -26.32% | 3,822 | ||
| Williamsburg City | 613 | 36.29% | 234 | 13.85% | 842 | 49.85% | -229 | -13.56% | 1,689 | ||
| Winchester City | 648 | 17.55% | 157 | 4.25% | 2,887 | 78.20% | -2,239 | -60.64% | 3,692 | ||
| Totals | 294,582 | 31.15% | 144,765 | 15.31% | 506,237 | 53.54% | 30 | 0.00% | -211,655 | -22.38% | 945,614 |
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