1970_United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee Knowpia

1970 United States Senate election in Tennessee
	County results; Brock: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Gore: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
U.S. senator before election; Albert Gore Sr.; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Bill Brock; Republican

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.

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

1970 Republican Senate primary^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Bill Brock	176,073	74.86%
Republican	Tex Ritter	54,401	23.05%
Republican	J. Durelle Boles	4,942	2.09%

Results edit

1970 United States Senate election in Tennessee^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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