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
editCandidates
edit- Sam Galloway
- Albert Gore Sr., incumbent U.S. Senator
- W. N. McKinney
- Charles Gordon Vick, perennial candidate
21.4% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary.[1]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
editDan Kuykendall was unopposed.[citation needed]
General election
editResults
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Albert Gore Sr. (incumbent) | 570,542 | 53.62% |  25.38
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| Republican | Dan Kuykendall | 493,475 | 46.38% |  27.37
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| Total votes | 1,064,017 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Democratic hold | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Steed, Moreland & Baker 1980, p. 22.
- ^ "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.
Works cited
edit- Steed, Robert; Moreland, Laurence; Baker, Tod, eds. (1980). Party Politics in the South. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0030565863.