1970Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1970 Republican primary for Tennessee Senate District 1

Name: 1970 Republican primary for Tennessee Senate District 1
Start: 1970-08-01
Location: Tennessee

Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee

Marshall Nave (R) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Howard R. Dunbar (R) by 3.5 points.

Marshall NaveRepublican · winner

51.8%11,137

Howard R. DunbarRepublican · incumbent

48.2%10,375

21,512 votes

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