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County results Blanton: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Alexander: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Tennessee |
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Government |
The 1974 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974, to elect the next governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican Governor Winfield Dunn was ineligible to run for re-election, as the Constitution of Tennessee prohibited governors from serving consecutive terms at the time. Democratic nominee Ray Blanton defeated Republican opponent Lamar Alexander with 55.4% of the vote.
With this win, Blanton flipped the state back into Democratic control, with the state state legislature also being controlled by Democrats.
Primary elections were held on August 1, 1974.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ray Blanton | 148,062 | 22.73 | |
Democratic | Jake Butcher | 131,412 | 20.18 | |
Democratic | Thomas A. Wiseman Jr. | 89,061 | 13.67 | |
Democratic | Hudley Crockett | 86,852 | 13.34 | |
Democratic | Franklin Haney | 84,155 | 12.92 | |
Democratic | Stan Snodgrass | 40,211 | 6.17 | |
Democratic | Ross Bass | 26,091 | 4.01 | |
Democratic | Washington Butler | 15,562 | 2.39 | |
Democratic | David Pack | 13,625 | 2.09 | |
Democratic | James Powers | 13,464 | 2.07 | |
Democratic | Jonnie D. Elkins | 1,694 | 0.26 | |
Democratic | Charles Gordon Vick | 1,121 | 0.17 | |
Total votes | 651,320 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lamar Alexander | 120,773 | 48.48 | |
Republican | Nat T. Winston Jr. | 90,980 | 36.52 | |
Republican | Dortch Oldham | 35,683 | 14.32 | |
Republican | Melvin Waldron | 1,674 | 0.67 | |
Total votes | 249,112 | 100.00 |
Major party candidates
Other candidates
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Ray Blanton | 576,833 | 55.43% | ||
Republican | Lamar Alexander | 455,467 | 43.77% | ||
Independent | Jack Comer | 2,431 | 0.23% | ||
Independent | Alfred W. Taylor | 2,338 | 0.23% | ||
Independent | James Reesor | 1,986 | 0.19% | ||
Independent | Hubert David Patty | 845 | 0.08% | ||
Independent | Arnold Joseph Zandi | 784 | 0.08% | ||
Majority | 121,366 | ||||
Turnout | 1,040,714 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing |