1970 U.S. Senate election results

33 races · 33 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. Senate contest in the 1970 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1970 U.S. Senate results by state
State	Winner	Result
Arizona	Paul J. Fannin R	228,284 votes · +48,772 over Sam Grossman
California	John V Tunney D	3,496,558 votes · +618,941 over George Murphy
Connecticut	Lowell P. Weicker Jr.R	454,721 votes · +86,610 over Joseph D. Duffey
Delaware	William V Roth Jr.R	94,979 votes · +30,239 over Jacob W. Zimmerman
Florida	Lawton Chiles D	902,438 votes · +129,621 over William C. Cramer
Hawaii	Hiram L. Fong R	124,163 votes · +7,566 over Cecil F. Heftel
Indiana	Vance Hartke D	870,990 votes · +4,283 over Richard L. Roudebush
Maine	Edmund Muskie D	199,954 votes · +76,048 over Neil S. Bishop
Maryland	J. Glenn Beall Jr.R	484,960 votes · +24,538 over Joseph D. Tydings
Massachusetts	Edward M. Kennedy D	1,202,856 votes · +486,878 over Josiah A. Spaulding
Michigan	Philip A. Hart D	1,744,672 votes · +886,234 over Lenore Romney
Minnesota	Hubert Humphrey D	788,256 votes · +220,231 over Clark McGregor
Mississippi	John C. Stennis D	286,622 votes · +249,029 over William R. Thompson
Missouri	Stuart Symington D	655,831 votes · +37,928 over John C. Danforth
Montana	Mike Mansfield D	150,060 votes · +52,251 over Harold E. Wallace
Nebraska	Roman L. Hruska R	240,894 votes · +23,213 over Frank B. Morrison
Nevada	Howard W. Cannon D	85,187 votes · +24,349 over William J. Raggio
New Jersey	Harrison A. Williams Jr.D	1,157,074 votes · +254,048 over Nelson G. Gross
New Mexico	Joseph M. Montoya D	151,486 votes · +16,482 over Anderson Carter
New York	James L. BuckleyI	2,288,190 votes · +116,958 over Richard L. Ottinger
North Dakota	Quentin N. Burdick D	134,519 votes · +49,478 over Thomas S. Kleppe
Ohio	Robert Taft Jr.R	1,565,682 votes · +70,420 over Howard M. Metzenbaum
Pennsylvania	Hugh Scott R	1,874,106 votes · +220,332 over William G. Sesler
Rhode Island	John O. Pastore D	230,469 votes · +123,118 over John McLaughlin
Tennessee	Bill Brock R	562,645 votes · +42,787 over Albert Gore
Texas	Lloyd Bentsen D	1,194,069 votes · +158,275 over George H. W. Bush
Utah	Frank E. Moss D	210,207 votes · +51,203 over Laurence J. Burton
Vermont	Winston L. Prouty R	91,198 votes · +28,927 over Philip H. Hoff
Virginia	Harry F. Byrd Jr.I	506,633 votes · +211,576 over George C. Rawlings
Washington	Henry M. Jackson D	879,385 votes · +708,595 over Charles W. Elicker
West Virginia	Robert C. Byrd D	345,965 votes · +246,307 over Elmer Dodson
Wisconsin	William Proxmire D	948,445 votes · +567,148 over John E. Erickson
Wyoming	Gale McGee D	67,207 votes · +13,928 over John S. Wold