United States Senate election in Illinois, 1966

November 8, 1966



Nominee	Charles H. Percy	Paul Douglas
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	2,100,449	1,678,147
Percentage	54.95%	43.90%

Senator before election

Paul Douglas
Democratic

Elected Senator

Charles H. Percy
Republican

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The 1966 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Democratic United States Senator Paul Douglas, seeking a fourth term in the United States Senate, faced off against Republican Charles H. Percy, a businessman and the 1964 Republican nominee for Governor of Illinois. A competitive election ensued, featuring campaign appearances by former Vice-President Richard M. Nixon on behalf of Percy.^[1] Ultimately, Percy ended up defeating Senator Douglas by a fairly wide margin, allowing him to win what would be the first of three terms in the Senate.

General election

Candidates

Charles H. Percy (R), 1964 Republican nominee for Governor of Illinois
Paul Douglas (D), incumbent United States Senator
Robert Sabonjian (I), Mayor of Waukegan

Results

United States Senate election in Illinois, 1966^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles H. Percy	2,100,449	54.95%	+9.75%
	Democratic	Paul H. Douglas (inc.)	1,678,147	43.90%	-10.73%
	Independent	Robert Sabonjian	41,965	1.10%
	Write-ins		2,163	0.06%
Majority			422,302	11.05%	+1.61%
Turnout			3,822,724
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

References

↑ Perlstein, Rick. Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America. New York: Scribner, 2008. Print.
↑ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1966" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2015-04-05.

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