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Senatorial Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote |
| John V. Tunney | Democratic |
3,496,558 |
53.86% |
| George Murphy | Republican |
2,877,617 |
44.32% |
| Robert Scheer | Peace and Freedom |
117,982 |
1.82% |
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| Election Notes:
- The Peace and Freedom and American Independent votes are combined for "others" since I do not have data for each party.
| Demographic Data
1970 Population: | 19,971,069 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 49.4 | persons/km2 | 1960 Population: | 15,717,204 | Enum. | 1960 Population Density: | 38.9 | persons/km2 | Land Area (2000): | 403,933 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 2.4 | % |
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: CQ Press, "CALIFORNIA SENATOR 1970," America Votes 9: A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics (Washington, D. C.: CQ Press, 1970)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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