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1968Final results

1968 election for Tennessee Senate District 1

Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee

Howard R. Dunbar (R) won with 78.5% of the vote, defeating John Curtis (Ind) by 57.0 points.

Howard R. DunbarRepublican · winner
78.5%24,732
John CurtisIndependent
21.5%6,777
31,511 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968

Races before and after

EvenR+28.31974R+29.81994R+37.62006R+62.82010R+66.12022

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET