United States Senate elections, 1966

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The U.S. Senate election, 1966 was an election for the United States Senate which occurred midway through the term of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. As in many midterm elections, and with divisions over Vietnam in the Democratic base, the Republican opposition took three Democratic seats, but the balance remained overwhelmingly in favor of the Democrats, who retained a 64-36 majority.

Republicans won two open seats in Oregon and Tennessee and defeated incumbent Paul Douglas (D-IL).

In 1968, Republican Charles E. Goodell was appointed to the seat of assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY). This is not included in the party balances.

[edit] Senate contests in 1968

A bolded state name indicates an article about that state's election.

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing Candidates
Alabama	John Sparkman	Democratic	Re-elected, 60.1%	John Grenier (Republican) 39.0%
Alaska	Bob Bartlett	Democratic	Re-elected, 75.5%	Lee L. McKinley (Republican) 24.5%
Arkansas	John Little McClellan	Democratic	Re-elected, unopposed
Colorado	Gordon L. Allott	Republican	Re-elected, 58.0%	Roy Romer (Democratic) 41.9%
Delaware	J. Caleb Boggs	Republican	Re-elected, 59.1%	James M. Tunnell, Jr. (Democratic) 40.9%
Georgia	Richard Russell, Jr.	Democratic	Re-elected, unopposed
Idaho	Leonard B. Jordan	Republican	Re-elected, 55.4%	Ralph R. Harding (Democratic) 44.6%
Illinois	Paul Douglas	Democratic	Defeated, 43.9%	Charles H. Percy (Republican) 55.0%
Iowa	Jack Miller	Republican	Re-elected, 60.9%	E. B. Smith (Democratic) 37.8%
Kansas	James B. Pearson	Republican	Re-elected, 52.2%	James Floyd Breeding (Democratic) 45.2%
Kentucky	John Sherman Cooper	Republican	Re-elected, 64.5%	John Y. Brown, Sr. (Democratic) 35.5%
Louisiana	Allen J. Ellender	Democratic	Re-elected, unopposed
Maine	Margaret Chase Smith	Republican	Re-elected, 59.0%	Elmer H. Violette (Democratic) 41.1%
Massachusetts	Leverett Saltonstall	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Edward Brooke (Republican) 60.7% Endicott Peabody (Democratic) 38.7%
Michigan	Robert P. Griffin	Republican	Re-elected, 55.9%	G. Mennen Williams (Democratic) 43.8%
Minnesota	Walter Mondale^[1]	Democratic	Re-elected, 53.9%	Robert A. Forsythe (Republican) 45.2%
Mississippi	James Eastland	Democratic	Re-elected, 65.5%	Prentiss Walker (Republican) 26.8% Clifton R. Whitley (Independent) 7.8%
Montana	Lee Metcalf	Democratic	Re-elected, 53.2%	Tim M. Babcock (Republican) 46.8%
Nebraska	Carl Curtis	Republican	Re-elected, 61.2%	Frank B. Morrison (Democratic) 38.8%
New Hampshire	Thomas J. McIntyre	Democratic	Re-elected, 54.0%	Harrison Thyng (Republican) 45.9%
New Jersey	Clifford P. Case	Republican	Re-elected, 60.0%	Warren W. Wilentz (Democratic) 37.0%
New Mexico	Clinton Presba Anderson	Democratic	Re-elected, 53.1%	Anderson Carter (Republican) 46.9%
North Carolina	B. Everett Jordan	Democratic	Re-elected, 55.6%	John S. Shallcross (Republican) 44.4%
Oklahoma	Fred R. Harris	Democratic	Re-elected, 53.7%	Pat H. Patterson (Republican) 46.3%
Oregon	Maurine Brown Neuberger	Democratic	Retired, Republican victory	Mark Hatfield (Republican) 51.7% Robert B. Duncan (Democratic) 48.2%
Rhode Island	Claiborne Pell	Democratic	Re-elected, 67.7%	Ruth M. Briggs (Republican) 32.3%
South Carolina	Strom Thurmond	Republican	Re-elected, 62.2%	Bradley Morrah (Democratic) 37.8%
South Carolina^[2]	Donald S. Russell	Democratic	Defeated in primary, Democratic victory	Ernest Hollings (Democratic) 51.4% Marshall Parker (Republican) 48.7%
South Dakota	Karl Earl Mundt	Republican	Re-elected, 66.3%	Donn H. Wright (Democratic) 33.7%
Tennessee	Ross Bass	Democratic	Defeated in primary, Republican victory	Howard Baker (Republican) 55.7% Frank G. Clement (Democratic) 44.3%
Texas	John Tower	Republican	Re-elected, 56.4%	Waggoner Carr (Democratic) 43.1%
Virginia^[3]	Harry F. Byrd, Jr.	Democratic	Re-elected, 53.3%	Lawrence M. Traylor (Republican) 37.4% John W. Carter (Independent) 7.9%
Virginia	Absalom Willis Robertson	Democratic	Defeated in primary, Democratic victory	William B. Spong, Jr. (Democratic) 58.6% James P. Ould, Jr. (Republican) 33.5% F. Lee Hawthorne (Conservative) 7.9%
West Virginia	Jennings Randolph	Democratic	Re-elected, 59.5%	Francis J. Love (Republican) 40.5%
Wyoming	Milward L. Simpson	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Clifford Hansen (Republican) 51.8% Teno Roncalio (Democratic) 48.2%

^ Mondale was appointed to the seat December 30, 1964, to replace Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) who was elected Vice President.
^ special election held due to death of Olin D. Johnston (D-SC)
^ special election held due to resignation of Harry F. Byrd (D-VA)