1974 primaries · May 1, 1974

1974 Tennessee primaries results

Every race on Tennessee's ballot in the 1974 primaries: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races183
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1 · Democratic primaryNo winner recordedUnopposed
SD-1 · Republican primaryMarshall Nave (R)28.0
SD-3 · Republican primaryThomas J. Garland (R)Unopposed
SD-4 · Democratic primaryJohn Rucker (D)Unopposed
SD-4 · Republican primaryBen W. Hooper II (R)19.9
SD-5 · Democratic primaryRay Baird (D)Unopposed
SD-5 · Republican primaryPaul D. Tindell (R)15.2
SD-7 · Democratic primaryGene Betty Cathey (D)17.4
SD-7 · Republican primaryVictor Ashe (R)44.3
SD-9 · Democratic primaryRobert T. Byrd III (D)Unopposed
SD-9 · Republican primaryCalvin L. Cannon (R)14.5
SD-11 · Democratic primaryWayne Penley (D)9.4
SD-11 · Republican primaryRay Albright (R)Unopposed
SD-13 · Democratic primaryVernon Neal (D)12.8
SD-15 · Democratic primaryWilliam D. Baird (D)18.0
SD-17 · Democratic primaryEdward C. Blank (D)62.6
SD-19 · Democratic primaryAvon Williams (D)14.0
SD-20 · Democratic primaryTommye Agee (D)Unopposed
SD-20 · Republican primaryG. L. Carter (R)Unopposed
SD-21 · Democratic primaryDouglas Henry Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-23 · Democratic primaryJames E. Sullivan (D)21.5
SD-23 · Republican primaryJohn Spivey (R)33.7
SD-25 · Democratic primaryLowell Thomas (D)1.7
SD-27 · Democratic primaryDavid W. Lanier (D)Unopposed
SD-29 · Democratic primaryJohn Ford (D)29.5Incumbent lost
SD-31 · Republican primaryCurtis Person Jr. (R)Unopposed
SD-33 · Democratic primaryGabriel Talarico (D)7.7
SD-33 · Republican primaryJim Broughton (R)Unopposed

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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