United States Senate elections, 1970

Arizona election
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	Results map.; Counties won by Fannin; Counties won by Grossman
U.S. Senator before election; Paul Fannin ; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator; Paul Fannin ; Republican

United States Senate elections, 1970
33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate,; plus 2 mid-term vacancies; 51 seats needed for a majority
	Results, with special elections; Democratic gain Democratic hold; Republican gain Republican hold; Conservative gain; Independent gain
Majority Leader before election; Mike Mansfield ; Democratic	Elected Majority Leader ; Mike Mansfield ; Democratic

Last updated April 01, 2019

The United States Senate elections, 1970 was an election for the United States Senate, taking place in the middle of Richard Nixon's first term as President. The Democrats lost a net of three seats, while the Republicans and the Conservative Party of New York picked up one net seat each, and former Democrat Harry F. Byrd Jr. was re-elected as an independent.

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprises the legislature of the United States. The Senate chamber is located in the north wing of the Capitol, in Washington, D.C.

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974. He had previously served as the 36th vice president of the United States from 1953 to 1961, and prior to that as both a U.S. representative and senator from California.

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.

Results summary
Getting out the vote
Retirements
Democratic holds
Republican hold
Republican gain
Incumbents who lost their seats
Democratic hold
Democratic gains
Conservative gain
Republican gains
Other changes
Independent gain
Change in Senate composition
Before the elections
After the general elections
After the special elections
Race summary
Special elections during the 91st Congress
Elections leading to the next Congress
Alaska (Special)
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Hawaii
Illinois (Special)
Indiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
See also
References

This was the most recent election in which a third party won a seat in the Senate until 2006.

Third party is a term used in the United States for American political parties other than the Republican and Democratic parties.

These were the last elections (at least through 2016) where a member of a political party other than the Democrats or Republicans had won one or more seats in the chamber (not including Independents, members of no political party). This was also the last midterm election until 2018 midterm elections where a sitting President's party simultaneously experienced net gains in the Senate and net losses in the House.

Results summary

Parties		Total Seats			Popular Vote
Parties		1968	1970	+/-	Vote	%
	Democratic	57	54	4	25,402,791	52.40%
	Republican	43	44	2	19,326,064	39.87%
	Conservative	0	1	1	2,183,572	4.50%
	Others	0	1	1	1,566,033	3.23%
Total		100	100		48,478,460	100.0%

Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

Getting out the vote

President Nixon said that rather than violent protests, the best way for the American public to get their opinion heard was by voting:

The most powerful four letter word is a clean word, it’s the most powerful four letter word in the history of men, it's called vote. V-O-T-E. My friends, I say that the answer to those that engage in disruption, to those that shout their filthy slogans, to those that try to shout down speakers, it's not to answer in kind, but go to the polls in election day, and in the quiet of that ballot box, stand up and be counted, the great silent majority of America.
— Richard Nixon, "1970 Election: 1970 Year in Review". UPI.com.

Retirements

Democratic holds

Florida: Spessard Holland (D) retired and was replaced by Lawton Chiles (D).
Minnesota: Eugene McCarthy (DFL) retired and was replaced by former Vice President (and former Senator) Hubert Humphrey (DFL).

Republican hold

Delaware: John J. Williams (R) retired and was replaced by William Roth (R). He subsequently (December 31, 1970) resigned to give Roth additional seniority in the next term.

Republican gain

Ohio: Stephen M. Young (D) retired and was replaced by Robert Taft Jr. (R).

Incumbents who lost their seats

Democratic hold

Texas: Ralph Yarborough (D) lost renomination to Lloyd Bentsen (D).

Democratic gains

California: George Murphy (R) lost re-election to John V. Tunney (D).
Illinois (Special): Ralph Tyler Smith (R) lost re-election to Adlai Stevenson III (D).

Conservative gain

New York: Charles Goodell (R), who was appointed in September 1968 to finish the term of the late Robert Kennedy, lost election to James L. Buckley (C).

Republican gains

Connecticut: Thomas J. Dodd (D) dropped out of the Democratic primary, ran as an independent, and lost re-election to Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (R).
Maryland: Joseph Tydings (D) lost re-election to John Glenn Beall, Jr. (R).
Tennessee: Al Gore, Sr. (D) lost re-election to Bill Brock (R).

Other changes

Independent gain

Virginia: Harry F. Byrd Jr. (D) won re-election as an Independent. He broke with the Democratic Party because they asked him to sign an oath of loyalty to the party. Instead of signing the restrictive contract, Byrd ran as an independent. He continued to caucus with the Democrats, and maintained his seniority.

Change in Senate composition

Before the elections

D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈	D₉	D₁₀
D₂₀	D₁₉	D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁
D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈	D₂₉	D₃₀
D₄₀ Ran	D₃₉ Ran	D₃₈ Ran	D₃₇ Ran	D₃₆ Ran	D₃₅ Ran	D₃₄ Ran	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁
D₄₁ Ran	D₄₂ Ran	D₄₃ Ran	D₄₄ Ran	D₄₅ Ran	D₄₆ Ran	D₄₇ Ran	D₄₈ Ran	D₄₉ Ran	D₅₀ Ran
Majority →									D₅₁ Ran
R₄₁ Ran	R₄₂ Ran	R₄₃ Retired	D₅₇ Retired	D₅₆ Retired	D₅₅ Retired	D₅₄ Ran	D₅₃ Ran	D₅₂ Ran	D₅₁ Ran
R₄₀ Ran	R₃₉ Ran	R₃₈ Ran	R₃₇ Ran	R₃₆ Ran	R₃₅	R₃₄	R₃₃	R₃₂	R₃₁
R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈	R₂₉	R₃₀
R₂₀	R₁₉	R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁
R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈	R₉	R₁₀

After the general elections

D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈	D₉	D₁₀
D₂₀	D₁₉	D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁
D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈	D₂₉	D₃₀
D₄₀ Re-elected	D₃₉ Re-elected	D₃₈ Re-elected	D₃₇ Re-elected	D₃₆ Re-elected	D₃₅ Re-elected	D₃₄ Re-elected	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁
D₄₁ Re-elected	D₄₂ Re-elected	D₄₃ Re-elected	D₄₄ Re-elected	D₄₅ Re-elected	D₄₆ Re-elected	D₄₇ Re-elected	D₄₈ Re-elected	D₄₉ Re-elected	D₅₀ Hold
Majority →									D₅₁ Hold
R₄₁ Hold	R₄₂ Gain	R₄₃ Gain	R₄₄ Gain	R₄₅ Gain	C₁ Gain	I₁ Re-elected new party	D₅₃ Gain	D₅₂ Hold	D₅₁ Hold
R₄₀ Re-elected	R₃₉ Re-elected	R₃₈ Re-elected	R₃₇ Re-elected	R₃₆ Re-elected	R₃₅	R₃₄	R₃₃	R₃₂	R₃₁
R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈	R₂₉	R₃₀
R₂₀	R₁₉	R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁
R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈	R₉	R₁₀

After the special elections

D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈	D₉	D₁₀
D₂₀	D₁₉	D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁
D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈	D₂₉	D₃₀
D₄₀	D₃₉	D₃₈	D₃₇	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁
D₄₁	D₄₂	D₄₃	D₄₄	D₄₅	D₄₆	D₄₇	D₄₈	D₄₉	D₅₀
Majority →									D₅₁
R₄₁	R₄₂	R₄₃	R₄₄ Hold	C₁	I₁	D₅₄ Gain	D₅₃	D₅₂	D₅₁
R₄₀	R₃₉	R₃₈	R₃₇	R₃₆	R₃₅	R₃₄	R₃₃	R₃₂	R₃₁
R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈	R₂₉	R₃₀
R₂₀	R₁₉	R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁
R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈	R₉	R₁₀

Key:

C_#	Conservative (New York)
D_#	Democratic
R_#	Republican
I_#	Independent

Race summary

Special elections during the 91st Congress

In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1970 or before January 3, 1971; ordered by election date, then state.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Alaska Special (Class 2)	Ted Stevens	Republican	1968 (Appointed)	Interim appointee elected November 3, 1970.	√ Ted Stevens (Republican) 59.6% Wendell P. Kay (Democratic) 40.4%
Illinois Special (Class 3)	Ralph Tyler Smith	Republican	1969 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 3, 1970. Democratic gain.	√ Adlai Stevenson III (Democratic) 57.4% Ralph Tyler Smith (Republican) 42.2%

Elections leading to the next Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1971; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Arizona	Paul Fannin	Republican	1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Paul Fannin (Republican) 56.0% Sam Grossman (Democratic) 44.0%
California	George Murphy	Republican	1964 1964 (Appointed)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected.. Democratic gain Incumbent resigned January 1, 1971 to give successor preferential seniority. Winner appointed January 2, 1971.	√ John V. Tunney (Democratic) 53.9% George Murphy (Republican) 44.3% Robert Scheer (Peace and Freedom) 0.9% Charles C. Ripley (Amer. Indep.) 0.9%
Connecticut	Thomas J. Dodd	Democratic	1958 1964	Incumbent lost renomination and then re-election as an Independent. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (Republican) 41.7% Joseph Duffey (Democratic) 33.8% Thomas J. Dodd (Independent) 24.5%
Delaware	John J. Williams	Republican	1946 1952 1958 1964	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold. Incumbent resigned December 31, 1970 to give successor preferential seniority. Winner appointed January 1, 1971.	√ William V. Roth, Jr. (Republican) 58.8% Jacob Zimmerman (Democratic) 40.1%
Florida	Spessard Holland	Democratic	1946 (Appointed) 1946 1952 1958 1964	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Lawton Chiles (Democratic) 53.9% William C. Cramer (Republican) 46.1%
Hawaii	Hiram Fong	Republican	1959 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Hiram Fong (Republican) 51.6% Cecil Heftel (Democratic) 48.4%
Indiana	Vance Hartke	Democratic	1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Vance Hartke (Democratic) 50.1% Richard L. Roudebush (Republican) 49.9%
Maine	Edmund Muskie	Democratic	1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Edmund Muskie (Democratic) 61.9% Neil S. Bishop (Republican) 38.3%
Maryland	Joseph Tydings	Democratic	1964	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ John Glenn Beall, Jr. (Republican) 50.7% Joseph Tydings (Democratic) 48.1%
Massachusetts	Ted Kennedy	Democratic	1962 (Special) 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ted Kennedy (Democratic) 62.1% Josiah A. Spaulding (Republican) 37.0%
Michigan	Philip Hart	Democratic	1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Philip Hart (Democratic) 66.8% Lenore Romney (Republican) 32.9%
Minnesota	Eugene McCarthy	Democratic-Farmer-Labor^[1]	1958 1964	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Hubert Humphrey (Democratic) 57.8% Clark MacGregor (Republican) 41.6%
Mississippi	John C. Stennis	Democratic	1947 (Special) 1952 1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John C. Stennis (Democratic) 88.4% William R. Thompson (Independent) 11.6%
Missouri	Stuart Symington	Democratic	1952 1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Stuart Symington (Democratic) 51.1% John Danforth (Republican) 48.1% Gene Chapman (Amer. Indep.) 0.8% E. J. DiGirolamo (Independent) 0.04%
Montana	Mike Mansfield	Democratic	1952 1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Mike Mansfield (Democratic) 60.5% Harold E. Wallace (Republican) 39.5%
Nebraska	Roman Hruska	Republican	1954 (Special) 1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Roman Hruska (Republican) 52.5% Frank B. Morrison (Democratic) 47.5%
Nevada	Howard Cannon	Democratic	1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Howard Cannon (Democratic) 57.7% William J. Raggio (Republican) 41.2%
New Jersey	Harrison A. Williams	Democratic	1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Harrison A. Williams (Democratic) 54.0% Nelson G. Gross (Republican) 42.2%
New Mexico	Joseph Montoya	Democratic	1964 (Special) 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joseph Montoya (Democratic) 52.3% Anderson Carter (Republican) 46.6%
New York	Charles Goodell	Republican	1968 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected. Conservative gain.	√ James L. Buckley (Conservative) 38.8% Richard Ottinger (Democratic) 36.8% Charles Goodell (Republican) 24.3%
North Dakota	Quentin N. Burdick	Democratic	1960 (Special) 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Quentin N. Burdick (Democratic) 61.3% Thomas S. Kleppe (Republican) 37.8%
Ohio	Stephen M. Young	Democratic	1958 1964	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Robert Taft Jr. (Republican) 49.7% Howard Metzenbaum (Democratic) 47.5%
Pennsylvania	Hugh Scott	Republican	1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Hugh Scott (Republican) 51.4% William G. Sesler (Democratic) 45.4%
Rhode Island	John O. Pastore	Democratic	1950 (Special) 1952 1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John O. Pastore (Democratic) 67.5% John McLaughlin (Republican) 31.5%
Tennessee	Al Gore, Sr.	Democratic	1952 1958 1964	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Bill Brock (Republican) 51.3% Al Gore, Sr. (Democratic) 47.4%
Texas	Ralph Yarborough	Democratic	1957 (Special) 1958 1964	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic) 53.5% George H. W. Bush (Republican) 46.4%
Utah	Frank Moss	Democratic	1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected. Thus far, no other Democrat has since won election to the U.S. Senate from Utah.	√ Frank Moss (Democratic) 56.2% Laurence J. Burton (Republican) 42.5% Clyde B. Freeman (Amer. Indep.) 1.4%
Vermont	Winston L. Prouty	Republican	1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Winston L. Prouty (Republican) 58.9% Philip H. Hoff (Democratic) 40.2%
Virginia	Harry F. Byrd Jr.	Democratic	1933 (Appointed) 1933 (Special) 1934 1940 1946 1952 1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected as an Independent. Independent gain.	√ Harry F. Byrd Jr. (Independent) 53.5% George Rawlings (Democratic) 31.2% Ray Garland (Republican) 15.3%
Washington	Henry M. Jackson	Democratic	1952 1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Henry M. Jackson (Democratic) 82.4% Charles W. Elicker (Republican) 16.0% Bill Massey (Socialist Workers) 0.9% E.S. "Pinky" Fisk (Buffalo) 0.7%
West Virginia	Robert Byrd	Democratic	1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert Byrd (Democratic) 77.6% Elmer H. Dodson (Republican) 22.4%
Wisconsin	William Proxmire	Democratic	1957 (Special) 1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William Proxmire (Democratic) 70.8% John E. Erickson (Republican) 28.5%
Wyoming	Gale W. McGee	Democratic	1958 1964	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Gale W. McGee (Democratic) 55.8% John S. Wold (Republican) 44.2%

Alaska (Special)

Republican Ted Stevens was appointeed December 24, 1968 to finish the term of Democrat Bob Bartlett, who had died in office. The open primary was held August 25, 1970, in which Stevens received 40,411 votes (55.91%), Key received 29,459 votes (23.94%), State Senator Joe Josephson received 12,730 votes (18.22%) and Fritz Singer (R) received 1,349 votes (1.93%).^[2]^[3] In the November 3, 1970 special election to finish the term, he ran against the Democratic Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives Wendell P. Kay. Stevens easily won with almost 60% of the vote.^[4]

Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican U.S. Senator in history at the time he left office; his record was surpassed in January 2017 by Orrin Hatch from Utah. He was President pro tempore of the United States Senate in the 108th and 109th Congresses from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2007 and was the third U.S. Senator to hold the title of President pro tempore emeritus.

Bob Bartlett Democratic U.S. Senator from Alaska

Edward Lewis Bartlett, known as Bob Bartlett, was an Alaska politician and a member of the Democratic Party.

The Alaska Senate is the upper house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It convenes in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska and is responsible for making laws and confirming or rejecting gubernatorial appointments to the state cabinet, commissions and boards.

Arizona

Incumbent Republican Paul Fannin decided to run for re-election to a second term, running unopposed in the Republican primary. Fannin defeated Democratic businessman Sam Grossman in the general election.

Paul Jones Fannin was an American businessman and politician. A Republican, he served as a U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1965 to 1977. He previously served as the 11th Governor of Arizona from 1959 to 1965.

Sam Grossman was an American film director and writer, mainly known for The Van, and for directing various music documentaries in the 1980s. Additionally, he wrote several stage plays and worked "extensively" in television. He died of cancer at his home in West Los Angeles on February 22, 1999.

Democratic primary results^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Grossman	78,006	65.24%
	Democratic	John Kruglick, Doctor	27,324	22.85%
	Democratic	H. L. Kelly	14,238	11.91%
Total votes			119,568	100.00

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1970^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Fannin	228,284	55.98%
	Democratic	Sam Grossman	179,512	44.02%
Majority			48,772	11.96%
Turnout			407,796
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

California

Senator John Tunney JohnTunney.jpg — Senator John Tunney

Connecticut

Connecticut election

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1976 →


Nominee	Lowell P. Weicker Jr.	Joseph Duffey
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	454,721	368,111
Percentage	41.74%	33.79%


Nominee	Thomas J. Dodd
Party	Independent
Popular vote	266,497
Percentage	24.46%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Thomas J. Dodd
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Lowell P. Weicker Jr.
Republican

Republican Lowell P. Weicker Jr. defeated Democrat Joseph Duffey and incumbent Thomas J. Dodd who ran this time as an independent. Dodd entered the race at the last minute and split the Democratic vote, allowing Weicker to win with only 42% of the vote.

Joseph Daniel Duffey is an American academic, educator and political appointee.

Thomas J. Dodd Senator from Connecticut and father of Chris Dodd

Thomas Joseph Dodd was a United States Senator and Representative from Connecticut, He is the father of former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd and Thomas J. Dodd, Jr., who served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay from 1993 to 1997 and to Costa Rica from 1997 to 2001.

United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1970^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lowell P. Weicker Jr.	454,721	41.74%
	Democratic	Joseph Duffey	368,111	33.79%
	Independent	Thomas J. Dodd	266,497	24.46%
Majority			86,610	7.95%
Turnout			1,089,329
	Republican hold

Delaware

Florida

Florida election

← 1964

1976 →


Nominee	Lawton Chiles	Bill Cramer
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	902,438	772,817
Percentage	53.9%	46.1%

U.S. Senator before election

Spessard Holland
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Lawton Chiles
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Spessard Holland retired instead of seeking a fifth term. During the Democratic primary, former Governor C. Farris Bryant and State Senator Lawton Chiles advanced to a run-off, having received more votes than Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Frederick H. Schultz, attorney Alcee Hastings, and State Representative Joel T. Daves, III. Chiles soundly defeated Bryant in the run-off election, scoring a major upset due to his comparatively small name recognition prior to the election. To acquire name recognition and media coverage, Chiles walked about 1,003 miles (1,614 km) across the state of Florida and was given the nickname "Walkin' Lawton".

The Republican primary exposed an in-party feud between Governor Claude R. Kirk Jr. and U.S. Representative William C. Cramer. In the election, Cramer handily defeated G. Harrold Carswell and body shop owner George Balmer; the former was a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals judge favored by Kirk and had been rejected as a Supreme Court of the United States nominee a few months prior to the primary. Chiles won the election by a relatively small margin of 7.8%, receiving 902,438 votes against Cramer's 772,817 votes.

Incumbent Spessard Holland, who served in the Senate since 1946, decided to retire rather than seek a fifth term.^[8] Although the Democratic Party had dominated state elections since the Reconstruction Era, Claude R. Kirk Jr. and Edward Gurney, both Republicans, were elected Senator and Governor in 1966 and 1968, respectively.^[9]

Democratic Party primary results^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	C. Farris Bryant	240,222	32.90
	Democratic	Lawton Chiles	188,300	25.79
	Democratic	Frederick H. Schultz	175,745	24.07
	Democratic	Alcee Hastings	91,948	12.59
	Democratic	Joel Daves	33,939	4.65
Total votes			730,154	100.00

Democratic Party primary runoff results^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lawton Chiles	474,420	65.74
	Democratic	Farris Bryant	247,211	34.26
Total votes			721,631	100.00

Republican Primary results^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Cramer	220,553	62.52
	Republican	G. Harrold Carswell	121,281	34.38
	Republican	George Balmer, body shop owner	10,947	3.10
Total votes			352,781	100.00

United States Senate election in Florida, 1970^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Lawton Chiles	902,438	53.87%	-10.09%
	Republican	Bill Cramer	772,817	46.13%	+10.09%
Majority			129,621	7.74%	-20.17%
Turnout			1,675,255	?	?
	Democratic hold		Swing	?

Hawaii

Illinois (Special)

Indiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Massachusetts election

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1976 →


Nominee	Ted Kennedy	Josiah Spaulding
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,202,856	715,978
Percentage	62.2%	37.0%

Results by town.
Red indicates towns won by Spaulding.
Blue indicates towns won by Kennedy.

U.S. Senator before election

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ted Kennedy
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Ted Kennedy defeated his challengers. This was Kennedy's first election run since the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident. Kennedy won 62.2%, down from 74.3% that he won in the previous election in 1964 and indicates that Chappaquiddick did affect the election.

The Republican nominee was Josiah Spaulding, a businessman and Republican leader in Massachusetts. He led a group of delegates at the 1968 Republican National Convention who unsuccessfully sought to nominate Nelson A. Rockefeller over Richard Nixon.^[12]

Other candidates were Lawrence Gilfedder (Socialist Labor) and Mark R. Shaw (Prohibition), a former Prohibition Party candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts in 1946, 1952, 1958, 1969, 1962, and 1966. He was the party's candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1948 and 1956. In 1964, he was the Prohibition Party's candidate for vice-president of the United States.^[13]

General election^[14]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Democratic	Edward M. Kennedy (Incumbent)	1,202,856	62.16	-12.1
Republican	Josiah Spaulding	715,978	37.00	+11.58
Socialist Labor	Lawrence Gilfedder	10,378	0.54	+0.33
Prohibition	Mark R. Shaw	5,944	0.31	+0.19

Michigan

Minnesota

Minnesota election

← 1964

1976 →


Nominee	Hubert H. Humphrey	Clark MacGregor
Party	DFL	Republican
Popular vote	788,256	568,025
Percentage	57.75%	41.62%

U.S. Senator before election

Eugene J. McCarthy
DFL

Elected U.S. Senator

Hubert H. Humphrey
DFL

Incumbent Democrat Eugene McCarthy retired instead of seeking a third term. Former Democratic U.S. Senator, Vice President and 1968 presidential nominee Hubert Humphrey defeated Republican U.S. Representative Clark MacGregor.

Democratic primary election results^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DFL	Hubert H. Humphrey	338,705	79.25%
	DFL	Earl D. Craig	88,709	20.76%

Republican primary election results^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clark MacGregor	220,353	93.31%
	Republican	John D. Baucom	15,797	6.69%

General election results^[17]^[18]
	Candidate	Votes	%
DFL	Hubert H. Humphrey	788,256	57.75%
Republican	Clark MacGregor	568,025	41.62%
Socialist Workers	Nancy Strebe	6,122	0.45%
Industrial Government	William Braatz	2,484	0.18%

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Montana election

← 1964

1976 →


Nominee	Mike Mansfield	Harold E. Wallace
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	150,060	97,809
Percentage	60.54%	39.46%

U.S. Senator before election

Mike Mansfield
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Mike Mansfield
Democratic

Democratic incumbent Mike Mansfield, the Senate Majority Leader who was first elected to the Senate in 1952, and was re-elected in 1958 and 1964, ran for re-election. Mansfield won the primary against several opponents, and advanced to the general election, where he was opposed by Harold E. Wallace, a sporting goods salesman and the Republican nominee. While his margin of victory decreased slightly from 1964, Mansfield still managed to defeat Wallace overwhelmingly, winning his fourth and (what would turn out to be his) final term in the Senate.

Democratic Party primary results^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Mansfield (incumbent)	68,146	77.17
	Democratic	Tom McDonald	10,773	12.20
	Democratic	John W. Lawlor	19,384	10.63
Total votes			88,303	100.00

Republican Primary results^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harold E. Wallace	45,549	100.00
Total votes			45,549	100.00

United States Senate election in Montana, 1970^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Mike Mansfield (incumbent)	150,060	60.54%	-3.97%
	Republican	Harold E. Wallace	97,809	39.46%	+3.97%
Majority			52,251	21.08%	-7.95%
Turnout			247,869
	Democratic hold		Swing

Nebraska

Nevada

Nevada election

← 1964

1976 →


Nominee	Howard Cannon	William Raggio
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	85,187	60,838
Percentage	57.7%	41.2%

U.S. Senator before election

Howard Cannon
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Howard Cannon
Democratic

Democrat Howard Cannon, the incumbent since 1959, won re-election to a third term over William Raggio, the Washoe County District Attorney.

In the Senate, Cannon was known as a moderate in the Democratic Party. He served as chairman of several committees, including the rules committee and the inaugural arrangements committee. Cannon was nearly defeated for re-election in 1964 by Republican Lieutenant Governor Paul Laxalt in one of the closest election in history. However, he became more popular over the next few years and defeated D.A. William Raggio, whose 1970 senate campaign began his long political career. Raggio ran for the Nevada Senate in 1972 and won. He then served there for decades to come.

General election results^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Howard Cannon (Incumbent)	85,187	57.65%	+7.63%
	Republican	William Raggio	60,838	41.17%	-8.81%
	American Independent	Harold G. DeSellem	1,743	1.18%
Majority			24,349	16.48%	+16.44%
Turnout			147,768
	Democratic hold		Swing

New Jersey

New Mexico

New Mexico election

← 1964

1976 →


Nominee	Joseph Montoya	Anderson Carter
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	151,486	135,004
Percentage	52.3%	46.6%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Joseph Montoya
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Joseph Montoya
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Joseph Montoya successfully ran for re-election to a second term, defeating Republican Anderson Carter.

Democratic primary results^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Montoya , Incumbent	85,285	73.10
	Democratic	Richard B. Edwards	31,381	26.90
Majority			53,904	46.20%
Total votes			116,666	100.00

Republican primary results^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anderson Carter	32,122	57.76
	Republican	David Cargo, Governor of New Mexico	16,951	32.28
	Republican	Harold G. Thompson	5,544	9.97
Majority			14,171	25.48%
Total votes			55,617	100.00

General election results^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Montoya , Incumbent	151,486	52.26
	Republican	Anderson Carter	135,004	46.57
	People's Constitutional	William Higgs	3,382	1.17
Majority			16,482	5.69%
Total votes			289,872	100.00
	Democratic hold

New York

New York election

← 1964

1976 →


Nominee	James Buckley	Richard Ottinger
Party	Conservative (N.Y.)	Democratic
Popular vote	2,288,190	2,171,232
Percentage	38.95%	36.96%


Nominee	Charles Goodell
Party	Republican
Popular vote	1,404,472
Percentage	23.91%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Charles Goodell
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

James Buckley
Conservative (N.Y.)

Incumbent Republican Charles Goodell, who was recently appointed to the seat by Governor Nelson Rockefeller after Senator Bobby Kennedy (D) was assassinated, ran for a full term, but was defeated by the Conservative Party of New York nominee James Buckley. Other candidates included: Richard Ottinger, U.S. Congressman (1965–1971, 1975–1985), Kevin P. McGovern, Paul O'Dwyer, Former New York City Council Member from Manhattan, Ted Sorensen, Former Advisor and Speechwriter to President John F. Kennedy, Richard D. McCarthy, U.S. Congressman (1965-1971).

Conservative Party Convention results^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative (N.Y.)	James Buckley	37,940	91.38
	Conservative (N.Y.)	Kevin P. McGovern	3,580	8.62
Total votes			41,520	100.00

Democratic Party Primary results^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Ottinger	366,789	39.61
	Democratic	Paul O'Dwyer	302,438	32.66
	Democratic	Ted Sorensen	154,434	16.68
	Democratic	Richard D. McCarthy	102,224	11.04
Total votes			925,885	100.00

Republican Party Convention results^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Goodell	311	86.39
		Abstaining	49	13.61
Total votes			360	100.00

Liberal Party Convention results^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal (N.Y.)	Charles Goodell	201	67.00
	Liberal (N.Y.)	Paul O'Dwyer	48	16.00
	Liberal (N.Y.)	Richard D. McCarthy	33	11.00
	Liberal (N.Y.)	Richard Ottinger	12	4.00
	Liberal (N.Y.)	Ted Sorensen	6	2.00
Total votes			300	100.00

General election results^[27]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative (N.Y.)	James Buckley	2,288,190	38.95
Democratic	Richard Lawrence Ottinger	2,171,232	36.96
Republican	Charles Goodell	1,178,679
Liberal (N.Y.)	Charles Goodell	225,793
total	Charles Goodell	1,404,472	23.91
Communist	Arnold Johnson	4,097	0.07
Socialist Workers	Kipp Dawson	3,549	0.06
Socialist Labor	John Emanuel	3,204	0.06

North Dakota

Senator Quentin N. Burdick BurdickQN (D-ND).jpg — Senator Quentin N. Burdick

Incumbent Democratic-NPL Party Senator Quentin N. Burdick was re-elected to his third term, defeating Republican candidate Thomas S. Kleppe, who later became the United States Secretary of the Interior.^[20]

Only Burdick filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was Thomas S. Kleppe, who was finishing his second and final term as a Representative for North Dakota's second congressional district. Burdick and Kleppe won the primary elections for their respective parties.

One independent candidate, Russell Kleppe, also filed before the deadline.

1970 United States Senate election in North Dakota^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Quentin N. Burdick , Incumbent	134,519	61.27
	Republican	Thomas S. Kleppe	82,996	37.80
	Independent	Russell Kleppe	2,045	0.93
Majority
Turnout			219,560

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania election

← 1964

1976 →


Nominee	Hugh Scott	William Sesler
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,874,106	1,653,774
Percentage	51.4%	45.4%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Hugh Scott
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Hugh Scott
Republican

Incumbent Republican Hugh Scott won re-election, defeating Democratic nominee State Senator William Sesler.

General election results^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Hugh Scott (Incumbent)	1,874,106	51.43%	+0.84%
	Democratic	William Sesler	1,653,774	45.38%	-3.74%
	Constitution	Frank W. Gaydosh	85,813	2.36%	+2.36%
	American Independent	W. Henry McFarland	18,275	0.50%	+0.50%
	Socialist Labor	Herman A. Johnson	4,375	0.12%	-0.02%
	Socialist Workers	Robin Maisel	3,970	0.11%	-0.04%
	Consumer	William R. Mimms	3,932	0.11%	+0.11%
	N/A	Other	60	0.00%	N/A
Totals			3,644,305	100.00%

Rhode Island

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Virginia election

← 1966 (Special)

1976 →


Nominee	Harry F. Byrd Jr.	George Rawlings
Party	Independent	Democratic
Popular vote	506,237	294,582
Percentage	53.5%	31.2%


Nominee	Ray L. Garland
Party	Republican
Popular vote	144,765
Percentage	15.3%

U.S. Senate election results map. Gray denotes counties/districts won by Byrd. Blue denotes those won by Rawlings. Red denotes those won by Garland.

U.S. Senator before election

Harry F. Byrd Jr.
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Harry F. Byrd Jr.
Independent

Incumbent Harry F. Byrd Jr. was re-elected to his first full term after winning a race 4 years earlier to finish the remainder of his father's term. He beat George C. Rawlings, Jr. (D), a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and Ray L. Garland (R), a member of Virginia House of Delegates.

United States Senate election in Virginia, 1970^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Harry F. Byrd Jr. (Incumbent)	506,237	53.54%	+53.54%
	Democratic	George Rawlings	294,582	31.15%	-22.15%
	Republican	Ray L. Garland	144,765	15.31%	-22.07%
	Write-ins		30	<0.01%	-0.02%
Majority			211,655	22.38%	+6.46%
Turnout			945,614
	Independent gain from Democratic

Washington

Senator Henry Jackson (D) HenryJackson.jpg — Senator Henry Jackson (D)

West Virginia

Wisconsin

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[1] The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is affiliated nationally with the Democratic Party (United States).

[2] "AK US Senate - Special Open Primary" . Retrieved June 23, 2018– via OurCampaigns.com.

[3] ttps://www.newspapers.com/newspage/16444162/

[4] "AK US Senate - Special" . Retrieved June 23, 2018– via Our Campaigns.

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[6] "AZ US Senate Race - November 3, 1970". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 19, 2017.

[7] Our Campaigns - CT US Senate Race - November 3, 1970

[8] "Spessard Lindsey Holland". Tallahassee, Florida: Florida Department of State . Retrieved October 6, 2016.

[Cramer_v._Kirk_p._403-9] "Cramer v. Kirk," p. 403

[Florida_Primary-10] 1 2 3 "Tabulation of Official Votes, Florida Primary Election, Democratic and Republican, September 8, 1970 and September 29, 1970" (PDF). Florida Secretary of State. Retrieved March 13, 2015.

[11] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1970" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. p. 7. Retrieved March 13, 2015.

[12] Josiah Spaulding at ourcampaigns.com

[13] Mark R. Shaw at ourcampaigns.com

[14] Massachusetts race details at ourcampaigns.com

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Contents

Results summary

Getting out the vote

Retirements

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Republican gain

Incumbents who lost their seats

Democratic hold

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Other changes

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Change in Senate composition

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