The 1970 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 3, 1970. Republican Bill Brock defeated Democratic incumbent Albert Gore, Sr. who ran for a fourth term. With Brock's victory, Republicans held both of Tennessee's U.S. Senate seats for the first time since Reconstruction in 1871. He was also the first Republican to hold this seat since 1875.
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County results Brock: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Gore: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Major candidates edit
Democratic edit
- Albert Gore, Sr., Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1953
Republican edit
- Bill Brock, U.S. Representative
- Tex Ritter, country singer
- J. Durelle Boles
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Brock | 176,073 | 74.86% | |
Republican | Tex Ritter | 54,401 | 23.05% | |
Republican | J. Durelle Boles | 4,942 | 2.09% |
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Brock | 562,645 | 51.29 | |
Democratic | Albert Gore Sr. (Incumbent) | 519,858 | 47.39 | |
American Independent | Cecil Pitard | 8,691 | 0.79 | |
Independent | Dan R. East | 5,845 | 0.53 | |
None | Scattering | 2 | 0.00 | |
Majority | 42,787 | 3.90 | ||
Turnout | 1,097,041 | |||
Republican hold |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "TN US Senate - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - TN US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1970".