United States Senate election in Tennessee, 1984

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United States Senate election in Tennessee, 1984

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Nominee Al Gore Victor Ashe
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,000,607 557,016
Percentage 60.72% 33.80%

Senator before election

Howard Baker
Republican

Elected Senator

Al Gore
Democratic

United States Senate election in Tennessee, 1984 took place on November 6, as a part of the Senate class 2 election.

Situation

Three-term popular incumbent Howard Baker, who had served as United States Senate Majority Leader since 1981 (Minority Leader from 1977 to 1981) decided not to seek re-election in order to concentrate on a planned bid for 1988 Republican presidential nomination (which did not happen, as he later accepted a White House Chief of Staff position under President Ronald Reagan). This made a seat open.

Democratic nomination

Democrats nominated Representative and future Vice President of the United States Al Gore, whose father Albert Gore, Sr. once held other Tennessee Senate seat.

Democratic

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Gore 476,582 100.00%
Total votes 476,582 100.00

Republican nomination

Candidates:

In primary, held on August 2, Ashe easily emerged as a winner:[2]

  • Ashe - 145,744 (86.47%)
  • McNeil - 17,970 (10.66%)
  • Patty - 4,777 (2.83%)
  • Write-in - 49 (0.03%)

General election

Although the Senate election coincided with the landslide re-election of President Reagan, who carried Tennessee by a wide margin, this time his victory did not have any coattails, as it did in the in 1980, and Democrats picked up three Republican seats. One of the Democratic gains was in Tennessee, where Gore won in a landslide:[3]

General election results
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Al Gore 1,000,607 60.72%
Republican Victor Ashe 557,016 33.80
Independent Ed McAteer 87,234 5.29
Independent Khalil-Ullah Al-Muhaymin 3,179 0.19

References

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