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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.

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic Party primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ross Bass 330,213 50.79%
Democratic Frank G. Clement 233,245 35.87%
Democratic M. M. Bullard 86,718 13.34%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican Party primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Howard Baker 93,301 84.94%
Republican Charlie Moffett 10,596 9.65%
Republican Hubert David Patty 5,947 5.41%

General election

General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ross Bass 568,905 52.14%
Republican Howard Baker 517,330 47.41%
Independent Melvin Babcock Morgan 4,853 0.44%
Majority 51,575 4.73%
Turnout 1,091,088
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. ^ "TN US Senate - Special D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "TN US Senate - Special R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  3. ^ 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.