1970Final results
1970 election for Tennessee Senate District 5
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Ray Baird (D) won re-election with 61.2% of the vote, defeating Dan Johnson (R) by 22.4 points.
Ray BairdDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.2%17,048
Dan JohnsonRepublican
38.8%10,804
27,852 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)