1964 United States Senate election in Tennessee
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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.
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
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
[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
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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 | ||
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See also
[edit]References
[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.