The 1958 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 4, 1958. DemocratAlbert Gore Sr. was re-elected to a second term. Gore survived a primary challenge from former Governor Prentice Cooper and easily defeated Republican Hobart Atkins in the general election.
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1958, united, states, senate, election, tennessee, held, november, 1958, democrat, albert, gore, elected, second, term, gore, survived, primary, challenge, from, former, governor, prentice, cooper, easily, defeated, republican, hobart, atkins, general, electio. The 1958 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 4 1958 Democrat Albert Gore Sr was re elected to a second term Gore survived a primary challenge from former Governor Prentice Cooper and easily defeated Republican Hobart Atkins in the general election 1958 United States Senate election in Tennessee 1952 November 4 1958 1964 Nominee Albert Gore Sr Hobart F AtkinsParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 317 324 76 371Percentage 79 00 19 01 County resultsGore 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 Atkins 50 60 U S senator before electionAlbert Gore Sr Democratic Elected U S senator Albert Gore Sr Democratic Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 General election 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 See also 4 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Prentice Cooper former Governor of Tennessee and U S Ambassador to Peru Albert Gore Sr incumbent U S Senator since 1953 Robert C GregoryResults edit 1958 Democratic Senate primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Albert Gore Sr incumbent 375 439 59 00 Democratic Prentice Cooper 253 191 39 79 Democratic Robert C Gregory 7 711 1 21 Total votes 636 331 100 00 General election editCandidates edit Hobart F Atkins nominee for Senate in 1952 Republican Albert Gore Sr incumbent Senator since 1953 Democratic Thomas Gouge Wheat in Bread Chester W Mason Independent Results edit 1958 U S Senate election in Tennessee 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Albert Gore Sr incumbent 317 324 79 00 nbsp 4 81Republican Hobart F Atkins 76 371 19 01 nbsp 1 87Independent Chester W Mason 5 324 1 33 N AIndependent Thomas Gouge 2 646 0 66 N ATotal votes 401 665 100 00 N ADemocratic holdSee also edit1958 United States Senate electionsReferences edit TN US Senate D Primary Our Campaigns Retrieved February 14 2021 Cook Rhodes February 14 2021 America Votes 32 2015 2016 Election Returns by State CQ Press ISBN 9781506368993 via Google Books tN US Senate OurCampaigns Retrieved February 14 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1958 United States Senate election in Tennessee amp oldid 1194395317, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
