1964 United States Senate election in Tennessee

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Nominee Albert Gore Sr. Dan Kuykendall Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 570,542 493,475 Percentage 53.62% 46.38%

County results Gore:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Kuykendall:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. senator before election Albert Gore Sr. Democratic Elected U.S. senator Albert Gore Sr. Democratic

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.

Contents

• Democratic primary
• Candidates
• Results
• Republican primary
• General election
• Results 2
• See also
• References
• Works cited

Democrat Albert Gore Sr. won re-election to a third term. Gore defeated Republican Dan Kuykendall.

Democratic primary

Republican primary

Dan Kuykendall was unopposed.^{[ citation needed ]}

General election

Results

1964 U.S. Senate election in Tennessee ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

• 1964 United States Senate elections

References

Works cited

• Steed, Robert; Moreland, Laurence; Baker, Tod, eds. (1980). Party Politics in the South. Praeger Publishers. ISBN   0030565863.