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The U.S. Senate election, 1968 was an election for the United States Senate which coincided with the 1968 presidential election. Richard M. Nixon won the presidential election narrowly, but his focus on winning over Southern voters had dividends when Republicans picked up five net seats in the election (not including two appointments that turned seats over to Republicans in the same year).
Republicans won open seats in Arizona and Florida, and defeated Democratic incumbents Joseph S. Clark (D-PA), Daniel B. Brewster (D-MD), A. S. Mike Monroney (D-OK), and Wayne L. Morse (D-OR), as well as taking the seat of Frank Lausche (D-OH), who had been defeated in a primary by John J. Gilligan. Democrats won an open seat in Iowa as well as taking the seat of Thomas Kuchel (R-CA), who had been defeated in a primary by Max Rafferty.
In addition, Republican Charles E. Goodell was appointed in September to the seat of assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY), and Ted Stevens was appointed in December to the seat of deceased Bob Bartlett (D-AK), bringing the net shift up to seven, although Democrats continued to control the chamber 57-43.
[edit] Senate contests in 1968
State |
Incumbent |
Party |
Status |
Opposing Candidates |
Alabama |
Lister Hill |
Democrat |
Retired: Democratic victory, 70.0 - 22.1 - 8.0 |
James B. Allen (Democrat)
Perry Hooper (Republican)
Robert Schwenn ((NDPA))
|
Alaska |
Ernest Gruening |
Democrat |
Defeated in primary: Democratic victory, 45.1 - 37.4 - 17.4 |
Mike Gravel (Democrat)
Elmer E. Rasmuson (Republican)
Ernest Gruening (Independent)
|
Arizona |
Carl Hayden |
Democrat |
Retired: Republican victory, 57.2 - 42.8 |
Barry Goldwater (Republican)
Roy Elson (Democrat)
|
Arkansas |
J. William Fulbright |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 59.2 - 40.9 |
Charles Bernard (Republican)
|
California |
Thomas H. Kuchel |
Republican |
Defeated in Primary: Democratic victory, 51.8 - 46.9 |
Alan Cranston (Democrat)
Max Rafferty (Republican)
|
Colorado |
Peter H. Dominick |
Republican |
Re-elected, 58.6 - 41.5 |
Stephen L. R. McNichols (Democrat)
|
Connecticut |
Abraham A. Ribicoff |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 54.3 - 45.7 |
Edwin H. May (Republican)
|
Florida |
George A. Smathers |
Democrat |
Retired: Republican victory, 55.9 - 44.1 |
Edward J. Gurney (Republican)
LeRoy Collins (Democrat)
|
Georgia |
Herman E. Talmadge |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 77.5 - 22.5 |
E. Earl Patton (Republican)
|
Hawaii |
Daniel K. Inouye |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 83.4 - 15.0 |
Wayne C. Thiessen (Republican)
|
Idaho |
Frank Church |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 60.3 - 39.7 |
George V. Hansen (Republican)
|
Illinois |
Everett M. Dirksen |
Republican |
Re-elected, 53.0 - 46.6 |
William G. Clark (Democrat)
|
Indiana |
Birch Bayh |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 51.7 - 48.2 |
William D. Ruckelshaus (Republican)
|
Iowa |
Bourke B. Hickenlooper |
Republican |
Retired: Democratic victory, 50.3 - 49.7 |
Harold E. Hughes (Democrat)
David M. Stanley (Republican)
|
Kansas |
Frank Carlson |
Republican |
Retired: Republican victory, 60.1 - 38.7 |
Bob Dole (Republican)
William I. Robinson (Democrat)
|
Kentucky |
Thruston B. Morton |
Republican |
Retired: Republican victory, 51.4 - 47.6 |
Marlow W. Cook (Republican)
Katherine Peden (Democrat)
|
Louisiana |
Russell B. Long |
Democrat |
Re-elected, unopposed |
|
Maryland |
Daniel B. Brewster |
Democrat |
Defeated, 47.8 - 39.1 - 13.1 |
Charles Mathias, Jr. (Republican)
George P. Mahoney (Independent)
|
Missouri |
Edward V. Long |
Democrat |
Defeated in primary: Democratic victory, 51.1 - 48.9 |
Thomas F. Eagleton (Democrat)
Thomas B. Curtis (Republican)
|
Nevada |
Alan Bible |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 54.8 - 45.2 |
Ed Fike (Republican)
|
New Hampshire |
Norris Cotton |
Republican |
Re-elected, 59.3 - 40.7 |
John W. King (Democrat)
|
New York |
Jacob K. Javits |
Republican |
Re-elected, 49.7 - 32.7 - 17.3 |
Paul O'Dwyer (Democrat)
James L. Buckley (Conservative)
|
North Carolina |
Sam J. Ervin, Jr. |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 60.6 - 39.4 |
Robert V. Somers (Republican)
|
North Dakota |
Milton R. Young |
Republican |
Re-elected, 64.6 - 33.7 |
Herschel Lashkowitz (Democrat)
|
Ohio |
Frank J. Lausche |
Democrat |
Defeated in primary: Republican victory, 51.5 - 48.5 |
William B. Saxbe (Republican)
John J. Gilligan (Democrat)
|
Oklahoma |
A. S. Mike Monroney |
Democrat |
Defeated, 51.7 - 46.2 |
Henry Bellmon (Republican)
|
Oregon |
Wayne Morse |
Democrat |
Defeated, 50.2 - 49.8 |
Bob Packwood (Republican)
|
Pennsylvania |
Joseph S. Clark |
Democrat |
Defeated, 51.9 - 45.8 |
Richard S. Schweiker (Republican)
|
South Carolina |
Ernest F. Hollings |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 61.9 - 38.1 |
Marshall Parker (Republican)
|
South Dakota |
George S. McGovern |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 56.8 - 43.2 |
Archie Gubbrud (Republican)
|
Utah |
Wallace F. Bennett |
Republican |
Re-elected, 53.7 - 45.8 |
Milton N. Wellenmann (Democrat)
|
Vermont |
George D. Aiken |
Republican |
Re-elected, 99.9 |
|
Washington |
Warren G. Magnuson |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 64.4 - 35.3 |
Jack Metcalf (Republican)
|
Wisconsin |
Gaylord Nelson |
Democrat |
Re-elected, 61.7 - 38.3 |
Jerris Leonard (Republican)
|
[edit] See also
[edit] Senate composition before and after elections