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1970Final results

1970 election for Tennessee Senate District 19

Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee

Avon Williams (D) won with 82.5% of the vote, defeating Dorothy Brown (Ind) by 65.0 points.

Avon WilliamsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
82.5%10,838
Dorothy BrownIndependent
17.5%2,299
13,137 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 1970

Races before and after

EvenD+60.02014D+66.42022

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