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|preceded=Kenneth McKellar
|preceded=Kenneth McKellar
|status=f
|status=f
|succeeded=Bill Brock
|succeeded=[[Bill Brock]]
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{{Officeholder/representative
His political motive in voting against the bill became clear a year later; after being re-elected in 1964,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=86566 TN US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> Gore voted in favor of the [[1965 Voting Rights Act]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s78 TO PASS S. 1564, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965.]. ''GovTrack.us''.</ref>
His political motive in voting against the bill became clear a year later; after being re-elected in 1964,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=86566 TN US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> Gore voted in favor of the [[1965 Voting Rights Act]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s78 TO PASS S. 1564, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965.]. ''GovTrack.us''.</ref>
Gore lost re-election in 1970 to [[Republican]] Bill Brock by a narrow margin.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6539 TN US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> A major issue in the race was [[school prayer]],<ref>Charen, Mona (June 26, 2015). [https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/06/democratic-party-racist-history-mona-charen/ Whitewashing the Democratic Party’s History]. ''National Review''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> which Brock strongly supported and Gore only half-heartedly professed to support.<ref>Babington, Charles (August 16, 1994). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1994/08/16/attacks-on-brock-in-md-senate-race-evoke-1970-battle-against-gore-sr/20bd7040-bb15-4534-a40e-f012252ced53/ ATTACKS ON BROCK IN MD. SENATE RACE EVOKE 1970 BATTLE AGAINST GORE SR.]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref>
Gore lost re-election in 1970 to [[Republican]] [[Bill Brock]] by a narrow margin.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6539 TN US Senate]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> A major issue in the race was [[school prayer]],<ref>Charen, Mona (June 26, 2015). [https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/06/democratic-party-racist-history-mona-charen/ Whitewashing the Democratic Party’s History]. ''National Review''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref> which Brock strongly supported and Gore only half-heartedly professed to support.<ref>Babington, Charles (August 16, 1994). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1994/08/16/attacks-on-brock-in-md-senate-race-evoke-1970-battle-against-gore-sr/20bd7040-bb15-4534-a40e-f012252ced53/ ATTACKS ON BROCK IN MD. SENATE RACE EVOKE 1970 BATTLE AGAINST GORE SR.]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved April 26, 2021.</ref>
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