1964 United States Senate election in Tennessee
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{{for|related races|1964 United States Senate elections}}
{{for|the other Senate election in Tennessee held in parallel|1964 United States Senate special election in Tennessee}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1964 United States Senate election in Tennessee
| country = Tennessee
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1958 United States Senate election in Tennessee
| previous_year = 1958
| next_election = 1970 United States Senate election in Tennessee
| next_year = 1970
| election_date = November 3, 1964
| image_size = x150px
| image1 = Al Gore Sr portrait.png
| nominee1 = Albert Gore Sr.
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = 570,542
| percentage1 = 53.62%
| image2 = Dan Kuykendall.jpg
| nominee2 = Dan Kuykendall
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 493,475
| percentage2 = 46.38%
| map_image = 1964 United States Senate election in Tennessee results map by county.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = County results
Gore: {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}} {{legend0|#3933e5|80–90%}}
Kuykendall: {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#d72f30|70–80%}}
| title = U.S. senator
| before_election = Albert Gore Sr.
| before_party = Democratic Party (US)
| after_election = Albert Gore Sr.
| after_party = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Elections 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.
Democrat Albert Gore Sr. won re-election to a third term. Gore defeated Republican Dan Kuykendall.
Democratic primary
=Candidates=
- Sam Galloway
- Albert Gore Sr., incumbent U.S. Senator
- W. N. McKinney
- Charles Gordon Vick, perennial candidate
21.4% of the voting age population participated in the Democratic primary.{{sfn|Steed|Moreland|Baker|1980|p=22}}
=Results=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 1964 Democratic Senate primary{{cite web |title=TN US Senate - D Primary |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=757513 |website=Our Campaigns |access-date=February 11, 2019}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Albert Gore Sr. (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 401,163
| percentage = 84.67%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Sam Galloway
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 37,974
| percentage = 8.02%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = W. N. McKinney
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 21,414
| percentage = 4.52%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Charles Gordon Vick
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 11,059
| percentage = 2.33%
}}
{{Election box end}}
Republican primary
Dan Kuykendall was unopposed.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
General election
=Results=
{{Election box begin
| title=1964 U.S. Senate election in Tennessee{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=46A7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA421|title=America Votes 32: 2015-2016, Election Returns by State|first=Rhodes|last=Cook|date=26 October 2017|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=9781506368993|via=Google Books}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Albert Gore Sr. (incumbent)
| votes = 570,542
| percentage = 53.62%
| change = {{decrease}}25.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Dan Kuykendall
| votes = 493,475
| percentage = 46.38%
| change = {{increase}}27.37
}}
{{Election box total
| votes = 1,064,017
| percentage = 100.00%
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
| loser = Republican Party (United States)
}}{{Election box end}}
See also
References
{{reflist}}
Works cited
- {{cite book|editor-last1=Steed |editor-first1=Robert |editor-last2=Moreland |editor-first2=Laurence |editor-last3=Baker |editor-first3=Tod |title=Party Politics in the South |publisher=Praeger Publishers |date=1980 |isbn=0030565863}}
{{United States elections, 1964}}