1970Final results

1970 Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives: Knox 8

Name: 1970 Republican primary for Tennessee House of Representatives: Knox 8
Start: 1970-08-01
Location: Tennessee

Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee

Loy Smith (R) won with 33.5% of the vote, defeating Edward Cole (R) by 8.1 points.

Loy SmithRepublican · winner

33.5%1,299

25.3%984

21.0%814

20.2%785

3,882 votes

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