1970 United States Senate elections
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.

1970 United States Senate elections

Section Title: Elections leading to the next Congress
Table Section Text: 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

Senator	Party	Electoral history

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..	√ John V. Tunney (Democratic) 53.9% George Murphy (Republican) 44.3% Robert Scheer (Peace and Freedom) 0.9% Charles C.

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.	√ 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	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	1965 (Appointed) 1966 (Special)	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.

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%

Sentence(s)

Connecticut: Thomas J. Dodd (D) dropped out of the Democratic, ran as an independent, and lost re-election to Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (R).

final_sentence: Connecticut: Thomas J. Dodd (D) dropped out of the Democratic, ran as an independent, and lost re-election to Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (R).