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1956-11-06 U.S. House Election Results for Tennessee (District 05)

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
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(House elections)

Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Carlton Loser
(D)		 George Spence
(R)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 54,31874.5% 18,58525.5% 00.0% 35,733 72,903
Total R vote: 18,585 (25.5%)      Total D vote: 54,318 (74.5%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Percy Priest* 20,590 68.1%
2   Richard Fulton 9,643 31.9%
TOTAL VOTES 30,233