Evening star., 1946-08-02
Mcclellan Renominated
To Senate by Wide
Margin in Tennessee
Gov. McCord, Supported
By Crump, Is Easy Winner
Over Gordon Browning
BY Ire AS-oeio'ed Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Aug. e
Senator Mcclellan. the 77-year-
old dean of the upper house, won
Democratic denomination and a
sixth term in Washington yes
terday in a State wide primary
election marked by bloodshed
and violence.
Backed by the powerful Demo-
cratic organization of Edward H
Crump in Shelby County Mem
phis), the veteran Senator McKellal
rolled up margin of nearly to
against his chief opponent, CIO-
backed Edward Ward Carmack
The Shelby County vote was ar
avalanche for Senator McKellar
but he outdistanced Mr. Carmack ir
the rest Of the State as well. Demo
cratic nomination is equivalent tc
election.
Results Tabulated.
Unofficial returns from i ,925 out
of approximately 1900 precincts
gave Senator Mcclellan 165, 1886
Carmack 94,3l4, Byron johnson l.
1856, John r. Neal 2,168, Herman H
Ross. 2,125.
Also assured of denomination was
incumbent Democratic Gov. jim
Nance McCord. who ran on a coali-
ton ticket with Senator McKella,
and also was supported by the
Crump organization,
Gov. McCord sWamped his oppo-
nent, former Gov. Gordon Brown
ing. 164,389 to 105,221 on reports
from 1920 precincts. Mr.. Browning
made the race at the urging o1
friends despite his job as a lieu
tenant colonel in the Army Civil
Affairs staff in Germany where he
remained throughout the election
eering.
Although his principal backer, the
Nashville Tennessean. early con-
ceded his defeat, Mr.. Carmack early
today still withheld formal conced-
ing. saying only IF I am convinced
I have lost this race I shall wire
congratulations to Senator Nickel
lar" Mr.. Carmack's race was tht
first full-fledged test of PAC inf1u.
ence IN Tennessee, for he was in
dorsed formally by the State PA(
while national PAC executive ex
pressed disapproval of Senator Nc
Kellar as leader of Southern re.
dictionaries"
Earthman Is Trailing.
Seven congressional races were
contested in the Democratic or Re.
publican primaries yesterday anc
apparently five OF the six incum-
bentS won renomina ton.
The exception was Representative
Earthman. who was trailing his op-
ponent. former Maj. Joe L. Evins
by $500 votes. With 270 of the fifth
districts 286 precincts reporting in
the Democratic primary, Mr. Evins
young Snlithville attorney. had 81
221 votes, Representative Earthman
14,463
Dayton Phillips. district attorney
general of Elizabethon, was far out
in front in the all-Republican race
for the first congressional seat to be
vacated by B. Carroll Reece, chair
man of the Republican National
Committe Mr.. Phillips was 4,30C
votes ahead of the nearest of his
four opponents, with unofficial re-
turns in from POT of the district {
274 precincts.
Backed by Crump.
Representative Davis, who had the
backing of the Crump organization
Courtney and Kefauver had little
trouble in their races, maintaining
a heavy lead throughout.
However, the returns were cloes
at first for Representative Cooper
who was opposed by Circuit Judge
Lyle Cherry. with the vote in from
223 of the ninth districts 23O pre-
cincts, Representative Cooper had
1886 votes: Judge Cherry, 1906.
In the sixth district, Represent
ative Priest won easily a hotly-
fought race over four opponents
With returns in from IS of the rs
precincts. he had $500 vote lead
over his nearest opponent.