1964 United States Senate election in Tennessee

For related races, see 1964 United States Senate elections.

For the other Senate election in Tennessee held in parallel, see 1964 United States Senate special election in Tennessee.

1964 United States Senate election in Tennessee

November 3, 1964

Nominee Albert Gore Sr. Dan Kuykendall Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 570,542 493,475 Percentage 53.62% 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

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.^[1]

Results

1964 Democratic Senate primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Albert Gore Sr. (incumbent)	401,163	84.67%
	Democratic	Sam Galloway	37,974	8.02%
	Democratic	W. N. McKinney	21,414	4.52%
	Democratic	Charles Gordon Vick	11,059	2.33%

Republican primary

Dan Kuykendall was unopposed.^{[citation needed]}

General election

Results

1964 U.S. Senate election in Tennessee^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Albert Gore Sr. (incumbent)	570,542	53.62%	25.38
	Republican	Dan Kuykendall	493,475	46.38%	27.37
Total votes			1,064,017	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1964 United States Senate elections

References

1. Steed, Moreland & Baker 1980, p. 22.
2. "TN US Senate - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
3. Cook, Rhodes (October 26, 2017). America Votes 32: 2015-2016, Election Returns by State. CQ Press. ISBN 9781506368993 – via Google Books.

Works cited

• Steed, Robert; Moreland, Laurence; Baker, Tod, eds. (1980). Party Politics in the South. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0030565863.