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1970 Mississippi U.S. Senate Election
Mississippi · 2 candidates
Stennis +76.8 pts · won by 249,029 votes
John C. StennisDemocraticWINNER88.4%
286,622 votes
William Richard ThompsonIndependent11.6%
37,593 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).