1970 Illinois U.S. Senate Special
Who won the 1970 Illinois U.S. Senate Special?
Adlai Stevenson III won the 1970 Illinois U.S. Senate Special. Adlai Stevenson III received 2,065,054 popular votes (57.37%). The main challenger was Ralph Tyler Smith (42.22%).
See the full head-to-head between III and Smith
III +15.1 pts · won by 545,336 votes
2,065,054 votes
1,519,718 votes
A special election fills a Senate seat that came open mid-term. Popular-vote totals for this U.S. Senate election come from the Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA) and the official public record.