1948_United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee

1948 United States Senate election in Tennessee

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The 1948 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 2, 1948, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Tom Stewart was defeated in the Democratic primary by Estes Kefauver.^[1] In the general election, Kefauver defeated Republican Congressman B. Carroll Reece.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Estes Kefauver	171,791	42.24%
	Democratic	Tom Stewart (incumbent)	129,873	31.94%
	Democratic	John Mitchell	96,192	23.65%
	Democratic	George M. Hardin	5,415	1.33%
	Democratic	John Randolph Neal Jr.	1,876	0.46%
	Democratic	John Hickey	1,534	0.38%
Total votes			406,681	100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Estes Kefauver	326,142	65.33%
	Republican	B. Carroll Reece	166,947	33.44%
	Independent	John Randolph Neal Jr.	6,103	1.22%
	None	Scattering	26	0.01%
Majority			159,195	31.89%
Turnout			499,218
	Democratic hold

1948 United States Senate election in Tennessee