1964 United States Senate special election in Tennessee

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1964 United States Senate special election in Tennessee
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  1960 November 3, 1964 1966  
  Ross Bass (1918-1993).jpg Howard Baker photo.jpg
Nominee Ross Bass Howard Baker
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote568,905517,330
Percentage52.14%47.41%

1964 United States Senate special election in Tennessee results map by county.svg
County results
Bass:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Baker:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Herbert S. Walters
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Ross Bass
Democratic

The 1964 United States Senate special election in Tennessee was held on November 3, 1964, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election as well the other regularly scheduled U.S. Senate election, 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. Following the death of Senator Estes Kefauver, Governor Frank G. Clement appointed Herbert S. Walters to fill the vacancy until the special election could take place. Walters decided not to run in the special election. Democratic nominee Ross Bass won the election, defeating Republican Howard Baker with 52.1% of the vote.

Contents

In the primary, Bass defeated Governor Clement by almost 15 points.

Democratic primary

Candidates

29.4% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary. [1]

Results

Democratic Party primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ross Bass 330,213 50.79%
Democratic Frank G. Clement 233,24535.87%
Democratic M. M. Bullard86,71813.34%

Republican primary

Candidates

5% of the voting age population participated in the Republican primary. [1]

Results

Republican Party primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Howard Baker 93,301 84.94%
Republican Charlie Moffett10,5969.65%
Republican Hubert David Patty5,9475.41%

General election

General election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ross Bass 568,905 52.14%
Republican Howard Baker 517,33047.41%
Independent Melvin Babcock Morgan4,8530.44%
Majority51,5754.73%
Turnout 1,091,088
Democratic hold

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References

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  2. "TN US Senate - Special D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  3. "TN US Senate - Special R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  4. Cook, Rhodes (October 26, 2017). America Votes 32: 2015-2016, Election Returns by State. CQ Press. ISBN   9781506368993 . Retrieved February 14, 2019 via Google Books.

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