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 Eugene J. McCarthy, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1959 Joseph Nowak R. H. Underdahl
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared Wheelock Whitney Jr., investment banker and member of the board of directors of the Minnesota Twins
Results
General election
Candidates
William Braatz (Industrial Government) Everett Luoma (Socialist Workers) Eugene McCarthy, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1959 (Democratic–Farmer–Labor) Wheelock Whitney Jr., investment banker and member of the board of directors of the Minnesota Twins (Republican)
Results
See also United States Senate elections, 1964
References