1964 United States Senate election in Tennessee

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.

1964 United States Senate election in Tennessee

← 1958November 3, 19641970 →
 
NomineeAlbert Gore Sr.Dan Kuykendall
PartyDemocraticRepublican
Popular vote570,542493,475
Percentage53.62%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

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1964 Democratic Senate primary[1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticAlbert Gore Sr. (incumbent) 401,163 84.67%
DemocraticSam Galloway37,9748.02%
DemocraticW. N. McKinney21,4144.52%
DemocraticCharles Gordon Vick11,0592.33%

Republican primary

Dan Kuykendall was unopposed.[citation needed]

General election

Results

1964 U.S. Senate election in Tennessee[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticAlbert Gore Sr. (incumbent) 570,542 53.62% 25.38
RepublicanDan Kuykendall493,47546.38% 27.37
Total votes1,064,017 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

See also

References