1968 primaries · May 1, 1968
1968 Tennessee State Senate primary results, district by district
Every Tennessee State Senate district in the 1968 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 · Republican primary | Howard R. Dunbar (R) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-2 · Democratic primary | J. Mack Ray (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-2 · Republican primary | Hayden Baker (R) | 13.2 | |
| SD-3 · Republican primary | Thomas J. Garland (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 · Republican primary | John F. Dugger (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 · Democratic primary | Ray Baird (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 · Republican primary | Garvin W. Walls (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 · Democratic primary | Murl Householder (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 · Republican primary | Fred O. Berry (R) | 6.0 | |
| SD-7 · Democratic primary | Edward J. McMillan (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 · Republican primary | Brown Ayres (R) | 27.9 | |
| SD-8 · Republican primary | Houston M. Goddard (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 · Republican primary | Calvin L. Cannon (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 · Democratic primary | Alf R. Tony Orear (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 · Republican primary | Daniel W. Oehmig (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-11 · Democratic primary | Don Moore Jr. (D) | 3.1 | |
| SD-11 · Republican primary | Lamar Baker (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 · Republican primary | Raymond Shadden (R) | 16.5 | |
| SD-13 · Democratic primary | Vernon Neal (D) | 28.4 | |
| SD-14 · Democratic primary | Ernest Crouch (D) | 4.9 | |
| SD-15 · Democratic primary | William D. Baird (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 · Democratic primary | Reagor Motlow (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 · Democratic primary | Joe T. Kelley (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-18 · Democratic primary | James H. Roberson (D) | 2.4 | |
| SD-19 · Democratic primary | Avon Williams (D) | 11.4 | |
| SD-20 · Democratic primary | Jerry Agee (D) | 55.9 | |
| SD-20 · Republican primary | John L. Lloyd (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 · Democratic primary | Frank C. Gorrell (D) | 14.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-21 · Republican primary | Lillie Hollabaugh (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-22 · Democratic primary | Halbert Harvill (D) | 44.4 | |
| SD-23 · Democratic primary | William J. Peeler (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 · Democratic primary | Milton H. Hamilton Jr. (D) | 6.3 | |
| SD-25 · Democratic primary | Lowell Thomas (D) | 1.7 | |
| SD-25 · Republican primary | Lester W. Hughes (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 · Democratic primary | John Wilder (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 · Democratic primary | George Gracey (D) | 21.9 | |
| SD-28 · Democratic primary | Edgar H. Gillock (D) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-28 · Republican primary | David L. Shirley (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 · Democratic primary | J. O. Patterson Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-30 · Democratic primary | William R. Bruce (D) | 8.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-30 · Republican primary | Jerome O. O. Devlin (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 · Democratic primary | Clayton P. Elam (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 · Republican primary | Curtis Person Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 · Democratic primary | Hugh W. Stanton Jr. (D) | 66.6 | |
| SD-32 · Republican primary | Bill Riggins (R) | 35.3 | |
| SD-33 · Democratic primary | Drew J. Canale (D) | 22.4 | |
| SD-33 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | Unopposed |
Tennessee State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner