united states senate elections, 1970
complete list of races
Table:
State

Incumbent

Party

Result

Candidates

Alaska
Special (Class 2)

Ted Stevens

Republican

Appointee elected to finish term ending January 3, 1973

Ted Stevens (Republican) 59.6%
Wendell P. Kay (Democratic) 40.4%

Arizona

Paul Fannin

Republican

Re-elected

Paul Fannin (Republican) 56.0%
Sam Grossman (Democratic) 44.0%

California

George Murphy

Republican

Lost re-election
Democratic gain

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

Connecticut

Thomas J. Dodd

Democratic

Lost re-election
Republican gain

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (Republican) 41.7%
Thomas J. Dodd (Democratic) 24.5%
Joseph Duffey (Democratic) 33.8%

Delaware

John J. Williams

Republican

Retired
Republican hold

William V. Roth, Jr. (Republican) 58.8%
Jacob Zimmerman (Democratic) 40.1%

Florida

Spessard Holland

Democratic

Retired
Democratic hold

Lawton Chiles (Democratic) 53.9%
William C. Cramer (Republican) 46.1%

Hawaii

Hiram Fong

Republican

Re-elected

Hiram Fong (Republican) 51.6%
Cecil Heftel (Democratic) 48.4%

Illinois
Special (Class 3)

Ralph Tyler Smith

Republican

Appointee lost election to finish term ending January 3, 1975
Democratic gain

Adlai Stevenson III (Democratic) 57.4%
Ralph Tyler Smith (Republican) 42.2%

Indiana

Vance Hartke

Democratic

Re-elected

Vance Hartke (Democratic) 50.1%
Richard L. Roudebush (Republican) 49.9%

Maine

Edmund Muskie

Democratic

Re-elected

Edmund Muskie (Democratic) 61.9%
Neil S. Bishop (Republican) 38.3%

Maryland

Joseph Tydings

Democratic

Lost re-election
Republican gain

John Glenn Beall, Jr. (Republican) 50.7%
Joseph Tydings (Democratic) 48.1%

Massachusetts

Ted Kennedy

Democratic

Re-elected

Ted Kennedy (Democratic) 62.1%
Josiah A. Spaulding (Republican) 37.0%

Michigan

Philip Hart

Democratic

Re-elected

Philip Hart (Democratic) 66.8%
Lenore Romney (Republican) 32.9%

Minnesota

Eugene McCarthy

Democratic

Retired
Democratic hold

Hubert Humphrey (Democratic) 57.8%
Clark MacGregor (Republican) 41.6%

Mississippi

John C. Stennis

Democratic

Re-elected

John C. Stennis (Democratic) 88.4%
William R. Thompson (Independent) 11.6%

Missouri

Stuart Symington

Democratic

Re-elected

Stuart Symington (Democratic) 51.1%
John Danforth (Republican) 48.1%
Gene Chapman (American Independent) 0.8%
E. J. DiGirolamo (Independent) 0.04%

Montana

Mike Mansfield

Democratic

Re-elected

Mike Mansfield (Democratic) 60.5%
Harold E. Wallace (Republican) 39.5%

Nebraska

Roman Hruska

Republican

Re-elected

Roman Hruska (Republican) 52.5%
Frank B. Morrison (Democratic) 47.5%

Nevada

Howard Cannon

Democratic

Re-elected

Howard Cannon (Democratic) 57.7%
William J. Raggio (Republican) 41.2%

New Jersey

Harrison A. Williams

Democratic

Re-elected

Harrison A. Williams (Democratic) 54.0%
Nelson G. Gross (Republican) 42.2%

New Mexico

Joseph Montoya

Democratic

Re-elected

Joseph Montoya (Democratic) 52.3%
Anderson Carter (Republican) 46.6%

New York

Charles Goodell

Republican

Appointee lost election to term beginning January 3, 1971
Conservative gain

James L. Buckley (Conservative) 38.8%
Richard Ottinger (Democratic) 36.8%
Charles Goodell (Republican) 24.3%

North Dakota

Quentin N. Burdick

Democratic

Re-elected

Quentin N. Burdick (Democratic) 61.3%
Thomas S. Kleppe (Republican) 37.8%

Ohio

Stephen M. Young

Democratic

Retired
Republican gain

Robert A. Taft, Jr. (Republican) 49.7%
Howard Metzenbaum (Democratic) 47.5%

Pennsylvania

Hugh Scott

Republican

Re-elected

Hugh Scott (Republican) 51.4%
William G. Sesler (Democratic) 45.4%

Rhode Island

John O. Pastore

Democratic

Re-elected

John O. Pastore (Democratic) 67.5%
John McLaughlin (Republican) 31.5%

Tennessee

Al Gore, Sr.

Democratic

Lost re-election
Republican gain

Bill Brock (Republican) 51.3%
Al Gore, Sr. (Democratic) 47.4%

Texas

Ralph Yarborough

Democratic

Lost renomination
Democratic hold

Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic) 53.5%
George H. W. Bush (Republican) 46.4%

Utah

Frank Moss

Democratic

Re-elected

Frank Moss (Democratic) 56.2%
Laurence J. Burton (Republican) 42.5%
Clyde B. Freeman (American Independent) 1.4%

Vermont

Winston L. Prouty

Republican

Re-elected

Winston L. Prouty (Republican) 58.9%
Philip H. Hoff (Democratic) 40.2%

Virginia

Harry F. Byrd, Jr.

Democratic

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

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

Re-elected

Robert Byrd (Democratic) 77.6%
Elmer H. Dodson (Republican) 22.4%

Wisconsin

William Proxmire

Democratic

Re-elected

William Proxmire (Democratic) 70.8%
John E. Erickson (Republican) 28.5%

Wyoming

Gale W. McGee

Democratic

Re-elected

Gale W. McGee (Democratic) 55.8%
John S. Wold (Republican) 44.2%

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