United States Senate election in Tennessee, 1970

November 3, 1970



Nominee	Bill Brock	Albert Gore, Sr.
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	562,645	519,858
Percentage	51.29%	47.39%

U.S. Senator before election

Albert Gore, Sr.
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Bill Brock
Republican

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The United States Senate election of 1970 in Tennessee was held on November 3, 1970. Republican Bill Brock defeated Democratic incumbent Albert Gore, Sr. who ran for a fourth term.

Major candidates

Democratic

Albert Gore, Sr., Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1953

Republican

Bill Brock, U.S. Representative

Results

United States Senate election in Tennessee, 1970^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Brock	562,645	51.29%
	Democratic	Albert Gore, Sr. (Inc.)	519,858	47.39%
Majority
Turnout
	Swing to Republican from Democratic		Swing

References

↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6539

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