The 1964 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 3, 1964, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election as well the other U.S. Senate special election in Tennessee, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
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County results Gore: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Kuykendall: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democrat Albert Gore Sr. won re-election to a third term. Gore defeated Republican Dan Kuykendall.
Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
- Sam Galloway
- Albert Gore Sr., incumbent U.S. Senator
- W. N. McKinney
- Charles Gordon Vick, perennial candidate
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Albert Gore Sr. (incumbent) | 401,163 | 84.67% | |
Democratic | Sam Galloway | 37,974 | 8.02% | |
Democratic | W. N. McKinney | 21,414 | 4.52% | |
Democratic | Charles Gordon Vick | 11,059 | 2.33% |
Republican primary edit
Dan Kuykendall was unopposed.[citation needed]
General election edit
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Albert Gore Sr. (incumbent) | 570,542 | 53.62% | 25.38 | |
Republican | Dan Kuykendall | 493,475 | 46.38% | 27.37 | |
Total votes | 1,064,017 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Democratic hold |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "TN US Senate - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
- ^ Cook, Rhodes (October 26, 2017). America Votes 32: 2015-2016, Election Returns by State. CQ Press. ISBN 9781506368993 – via Google Books.