1970 general · November 3, 1970
1970 Tennessee State Senate election results, district by district
Every Tennessee State Senate district in the 1970 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 33 seats
After the electionD 19 · R 13 · 1 other
Races18
Changed party1
Unopposed44%8 races
Incumbents defeated1
Every district
D 10 · R 7 · Other 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Marshall Nave (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Thomas J. Garland (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | Ray Baird (D) | 22.4 | |
| SD-7 | Brown Ayres (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Calvin L. Cannon (R) | 19.6 | |
| SD-11 | Ray Albright (R) | 9.9 | |
| SD-13 | Vernon Neal (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 | William D. Baird (D) | 38.9 | |
| SD-17 | Edward C. Blank (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-19 | Avon Williams (D) | 65.0 | |
| SD-21 | Douglas Henry Jr. (D) | 7.9 | |
| SD-23 | William J. Peeler (D) | 37.3 | |
| SD-25 | Lowell Thomas (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 | William J. Davis (OTH) | 16.5 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-29 | J. O. Patterson Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 | Curtis Person Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 | Hugh W. Stanton Jr. (R) | 63.3 | |
| SD-33 | Gabriel Talarico (D) | 26.8 |
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