The 1964 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy defeated Republican challenger Wheelock Whitney Jr., to win a second term.

Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Eugene J. McCarthy (Incumbent) 245,068 90.47%
Democratic (DFL) R. H. Underdahl 14,562 5.38%
Democratic (DFL) Joseph Nowak 11,267 4.16%
Total votes 270,897 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Republican primary election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wheelock Whitney, Jr. 161,363 100.00%
Total votes 161,363 100.00%

General election

Results

General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Eugene J. McCarthy (Incumbent) 931,363 60.34%
Republican Wheelock Whitney, Jr. 605,933 39.26%
Industrial Government William Braatz 3,947 0.26%
Socialist Workers Everett E. Luoma 2,357 0.15%
Total votes 1,543,600 100.00%
Majority 325,430 21.08%
Democratic (DFL) hold

See also

References