1970 United States Senate election in California

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1970 United States Senate election in California
	County results; Tunney: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% ; Murphy: 40–50% 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; George Murphy; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; John V. Tunney; Democratic

The 1970 United States Senate election in California was held on November 3, 1970.

Incumbent Republican Senator George Murphy lost re-election to a second term to Democratic Congressman John V. Tunney. This election was the first since 1860 in which California sent two Democrats to the U.S. Senate.

Republican primary

Candidates

Robert Amequista
Robert R. Barry, former U.S. Representative from New York and unsuccessful candidate for Representative from California in 1966, 1967, and 1968
Katharine Marros
George Murphy, incumbent Senator
Norton Simon, billionaire industrialist and philanthropist

Results

1970 Republican U.S. Senate primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Murphy (incumbent)	1,325,271	64.30%
	Republican	Norton Simon	670,702	32.54%
	Republican	Robert R. Barry	30,558	1.48%
	Republican	Katharine Marros	22,238	1.08%
	Republican	Robert Amequista	12,336	0.60%
Total votes			2,061,105	100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Eileen Anderson, candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles in 1969
Arthur Bell Jr.
George E. Brown Jr., U.S. Representative from Monterey Park
Louis Di Salvo
Kenneth Hahn, Los Angeles County Supervisor
Leonard Kurland
John V. Tunney, U.S. Representative from Riverside

Results

1970 Democratic U.S. Senate primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John V. Tunney	1,010,812	41.58%
	Democratic	George Brown Jr.	812,463	33.42%
	Democratic	Kenneth Hahn	417,970	17.19%
	Democratic	Eileen Anderson	60,977	2.51%
	Democratic	Arthur Bell Jr.	48,878	2.01%
	Democratic	Leonard Kurland	43,923	1.81%
	Democratic	Louis Di Salvo	35,829	1.47%
Total votes			2,430,852	100.00

General election

Candidates

George Murphy, incumbent Senator since 1965 (Republican)
Charles C. Ripley (American Independent)
Robert Scheer, journalist (Peace and Freedom)
John V. Tunney, U.S. Representative from Riverside (Democratic)

Results

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John V. Tunney	3,496,558	53.86%	5.40
	Republican	George Murphy (incumbent)	2,877,617	44.33%	7.21
	American Independent	Charles C. Ripley	61,251	0.94%	N/A
	Peace and Freedom	Robert Scheer	56,731	0.87%	N/A
Total votes			6,492,157	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

References

^ "CA US Senate - R Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
^ "CA US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
^ "Our Campaigns - CA US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1970". OurCampaigns. Retrieved November 12, 2019.

[1] "CA US Senate - R Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved November 12, 2019.

[2] "CA US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved November 12, 2019.

[3] "Our Campaigns - CA US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1970". OurCampaigns. Retrieved November 12, 2019.

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1970 United States Senate election in California

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Candidates

Results

See also

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