1970 primaries · May 1, 1970
1970 Tennessee primaries results
Every race on Tennessee's ballot in the 1970 primaries: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races168
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 · Republican primary | Marshall Nave (R) | 3.5 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-3 · Republican primary | Thomas J. Garland (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 · Democratic primary | Ray Baird (D) | 24.6 | |
| SD-5 · Republican primary | Dan Johnson (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 · Republican primary | Brown Ayres (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 · Democratic primary | David K. Watson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 · Republican primary | Calvin L. Cannon (R) | 53.7 | |
| SD-11 · Democratic primary | Don Moore Jr. (D) | 1.0 | |
| SD-11 · Republican primary | Ray Albright (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 · Democratic primary | Vernon Neal (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 · Democratic primary | William D. Baird (D) | 25.1 | |
| SD-15 · Republican primary | Ronnie Page (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 · Democratic primary | Edward C. Blank (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-19 · Democratic primary | Avon Williams (D) | 40.5 | |
| SD-21 · Democratic primary | Douglas Henry Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 · Republican primary | Charles A. Howell III (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-23 · Democratic primary | William J. Peeler (D) | 9.9 | |
| SD-23 · Republican primary | Libby Fryer (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-25 · Democratic primary | Lowell Thomas (D) | 9.4 | |
| SD-27 · Democratic primary | George Gracey (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 · Democratic primary | J. O. Patterson Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 · Republican primary | Curtis Person Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 · Democratic primary | Lewis Taliaferro (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 · Republican primary | Hugh W. Stanton Jr. (R) | 52.7 | |
| SD-33 · Democratic primary | Gabriel Talarico (D) | 1.6 | |
| SD-33 · Republican primary | Wayne Emmons (R) | Unopposed |
Tennessee
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