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1968Final results

1968 election for Tennessee Senate District 33

Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee

Drew J. Canale (D) won with 58.8% of the vote, defeating Robert E. Farley (Ind) by 17.5 points.

Drew J. CanaleDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.8%19,421
Robert E. FarleyIndependent
41.2%13,626
33,048 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

EvenD+26.81970D+28.41978D+62.82022

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