United States Senate election in Maryland, 1970

United States Senate elections, 1970

← 1968 November 3, 1970 1972 →
35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate 51 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Mike Mansfield Hugh Scott Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat Montana Pennsylvania Seats before 57 43 Seats won 54 44 Seat change 4 2 Popular vote 25,402,791 19,326,064 Percentage 52.4% 39.9% Swing 3.1% 6.6%   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Democratic Conservative (N.Y.) Last election 0 seats 0 seats Seats before 0 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1
Results with special elections      Republican gain      Republican hold      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Conservative gain      Independent Democratic gain
Majority Leader before election Mike Mansfield Democratic Elected Majority Leader Mike Mansfield Democratic

U.S. Senate election in Arizona, 1970

← 1964 November 3, 1970 1976 →
Nominee Paul Fannin Sam Grossman Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 228,284 179,512 Percentage 55.98% 44.02%
Results map.      Counties won by Fannin      Counties won by Grossman
U.S. Senator before election Paul Fannin Republican Elected U.S. Senator Paul Fannin Republican

U.S. Senate election in Connecticut, 1970

← 1964 November 3, 1970 1976 →
Nominee Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Joseph Duffey Thomas J. Dodd Party Republican Democratic Independent Popular vote 454,721 368,111 266,497 Percentage 41.74% 33.79% 24.46%
County results
U.S. Senator before election Thomas J. Dodd Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Republican

United States Senate election in Virginia, 1970

← 1966 November 3, 1970 1976 →
Nominee Harry F. Byrd Jr. George Rawlings Ray L. Garland Party Independent Democratic Republican Popular vote 506,237 294,582 144,765 Percentage 53.5% 31.2% 15.3%
U.S. Senate election results map. Gray denotes counties/districts won by Byrd. Blue denotes those won by Rawlings. Red denotes those won by Garland.
U.S. Senator before election Harry F. Byrd Jr. Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. Independent

Mike Mansfield
Democratic

Mike Mansfield
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The United States Senate elections, 1970 was an election for the United States Senate, taking place in the middle of Richard Nixon's first term as President. The Democrats lost a net of three seats, while the Republicans and the Conservative Party of New York picked up one net seat each, and former Democrat Harry F. Byrd Jr. was re-elected as an independent. This was the most recent election in which a third party won a seat in the Senate until 2006.

Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk

President Nixon said that rather than violent protests, the best way for the American public to get their opinion heard was by voting:

The most powerful four letter word is a clean word, it’s the most powerful four letter word in the history of men, it's called vote. V-O-T-E. My friends, I say that the answer to those that engage in disruption, to those that shout their filthy slogans, to those that try to shout down speakers, it's not to answer in kind, but go to the polls in election day, and in the quiet of that ballot box, stand up and be counted, the great silent majority of America.