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1970 Illinois U.S. Senate Special
Illinois · 2 candidates
III +15.1 pts · won by 545,336 votes
Adlai Stevenson IIIDemocraticWINNER57.37%
2,065,054 votes
Ralph Tyler SmithRepublican42.22%
1,519,718 votes
A special election fills a Senate seat that came open mid-term. Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).