1970Final results
1970 Democratic primary for Tennessee Senate District 25
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Lowell Thomas (D) won with 41.6% of the vote, defeating Tommy McKnight (D) by 9.4 points.
Lowell ThomasDemocrat · winner · incumbent
41.6%8,011
Tommy McKnightDemocrat
32.2%6,198
Gene StewartDemocrat
23.8%4,574
Bill VaughnDemocrat
2.4%459
19,242 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET