1974Final results
1974 election for Tennessee Senate District 1
Tennessee State Senate · Tennessee
Marshall Nave (R) won with 64.2% of the vote, defeating Marion Palmer (D) by 28.3 points.
Marshall NaveRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.2%17,366
Marion PalmerDemocrat
35.8%9,701
27,067 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET