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==Charlottesville==

The '''1964 election''' was held on [[June 9]]. <ref>{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=Haggerty Leads Democrats to Victory in Council Race|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2681176|author=Karl Runser|pageno=1|printdate=June 10, 1964|publishdate=June 10, 1964|accessdate=September 3, 2022}}</ref>	

*[[December 31]], [[1963]] &ndash; [[John W. Williams|John W. (Billy) Williams]], whose name has been in speculation as a possible candidate for City Council in the 1964 election, said today that he doesn’t plan to seek election. Williams term on the [[Albemarle Board of Supervisors]] ends at midnight. His home is in the area [[Annexation|annexed]] by the city in 1962, so he would be eligible to seek city office after expiration of his term as a county official. Many of those who elected him to the county office are – along with him – now city residents through annexation.<ref>{{Cite-progress|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2673920|title=Williams Not to Seek Council Seat in 1964|author=Allan Bruns|publishdate=December 31, 1963|accessdate=January 15, 2023}}</ref>

*[[June 9]], [[1964]], Charlottesville voters turned out in modest numbers to give the three-man Democratic ticket a clear victory in the City Council election. A total of 3,123 votes were cast in the election, which returned Mayor [[Bernard J. Haggerty]] and Vice Mayor [[Lindsay B. Mount]] to their second terms on Council and gave a substantial victory to the third Democrat, [[Burkett A. Reynolds]], in his first campaign for public office. 

Dr. [[John H. Knight]], the Republican candidate, lost his bid for election to the seat being vacated by Council’s only GOP member, [[Robert E. Lee]]. <ref>https://v3.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2681176/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2681177/4745.5/3838.5/2/1/0</ref> <ref>https://v3.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2681176/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2681196/3346.5/1221/3/1/0</ref> <ref>https://v3.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2681176/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2681197/5069.5/2785.5/2/1/0</ref>

Independent [[Alfred P. Samuels, Jr‎]] withdrew from the race a week before the election but his name still appeared on the ballot. 

Write-in candidates included:

* [[Ted L. Mullinnix]] &ndash; School Board member, member of [[Charlottesville Republican Committee]]
* [[Adgate Hamilton]] &ndash; Had previously run for Council in [[1956]], member of [[Charlottesville Republican Committee]]
* [[Robert E. Lee]] &ndash; Incumbent who chose not to run for second term
* A.B. Davis &ndash; A local realtor
* [[Leigh Middleditch]] 

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