In November, Bass defeated the Republican nominee, Howard Baker by only 4.7 percentage points--the closest that a Republican had come to winning election to the Senate from Tennessee at the time.
In November, Bass narrowly defeated the Republican nominee, Howard Baker, to win the final two years of Kefauver's term. He only won by 4.7 percentage points--the closest that a Republican had come to winning election to the Senate from Tennessee at the time.