United States Senate elections, 1968
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The 1968 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate which coincided with the 1968 presidential election. Although Richard Nixon won the presidential election narrowly, the Republicans picked up five net seats in the Senate. Republicans would gain another seat after the election when Alaska Republican Ted Stevens was appointed to replace Democrat Bob Bartlett.
Change in Senate composition
Before the elections
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D21 | D22 | D23 | D24 | D25 | D26 | D27 | D28 | D29 | D30 |
D40 | D39 | D38 | D37 | D36 | D35 | D34 | D33 | D32 | D31 |
D41 | D42 | D43 | D44 | D45 | D46 | D47 | D48 | D49 | D50 |
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Majority → | D51 | ||||||||
D60 | D59 | D58 | D57 | D56 | D55 | D54 | D53 | D52 | |
D61 | D62 | D63 | R37 | R36 | R35 | R34 | R33 | R32 | R31 |
R21 | R22 | R23 | R24 | R25 | R26 | R27 | R28 | R29 | R30 |
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As a result of the elections
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D20 | D19 | D18 | D17 | D16 | D15 | D14 | D13 | D12 | D11 |
D21 | D22 | D23 | D24 | D25 | D26 | D27 | D28 | D29 | D30 |
D40 | D39 | D38 | D37 | D36 | D35 | D34 | D33 | D32 | D31 |
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Majority → | D51√ | ||||||||
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R40+ | R39+ | R38+ | R37+ | R36+ | R35O | R34O | R33√ | R32√ | R31√ |
R21 | R22 | R23 | R24 | R25 | R26 | R27√ | R28√ | R29√ | R30√ |
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R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 |
At the beginning of the next Congress
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Incumbents who retired
Democratic hold
- Alabama: J. Lister Hill (D) was replaced by James Allen (D).
Democratic gain
- Iowa: Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) was replaced by Harold Hughes (D).
Republican holds
- Kansas: Frank Carlson (R) was replaced by Bob Dole (R).
- Kentucky: Thruston Ballard Morton (R) was replaced by Marlow W. Cook (R).
Republican gains
- Arizona: Carl Hayden (D) was replaced by Barry Goldwater (R), who gave up Arizona's other Senate seat in 1964 to run for president.
- Florida: George Smathers (D) was replaced by Edward J. Gurney (R), the first Republican to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction.
Incumbents who lost their seats
Democratic holds
- Alaska: Ernest Gruening (D) lost renomination to Mike Gravel (D), who later won the general election.
- Missouri: Edward V. Long (D) lost renomination to Thomas Eagleton (D), who later won the general election.
Democratic gain
- California: Thomas Kuchel (R) lost renomination to Max Rafferty (R), who later lost the general election to Alan Cranston (D).
Republican gains
- Maryland: Daniel Brewster (D) lost re-election to Charles Mathias, Jr. (R)
- Ohio: Frank J. Lausche (D) lost renomination to John J. Gilligan (D), who later lost the general election to William B. Saxbe (R).
- Oklahoma: A. S. Mike Monroney (D), lost re-election to Henry Bellmon (R).
- Oregon: Wayne Morse (D), lost re-election to Bob Packwood (R).
- Pennsylvania: Joseph S. Clark (D), lost re-election to Richard Schweiker (R).
Later change
Republican gain
- Alaska: Bob Bartlett (D) died December 11, 1968 and Ted Stevens (R) was appointed December 24, 1968.
Complete list of races
A bolded state name indicates an article about that state's election.
All seats were class 3.
State | Incumbent | Party | Result | Opposing Candidates |
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Alabama | J. Lister Hill | Democratic | Retired Democratic hold |
James Allen (Democratic) 70.0% Perry O. Hooper, Sr. (Republican) 22.1% Robert Schwenn (Independent) 8.0% |
Alaska | Ernest Gruening | Democratic | Lost renomination & Re-election as a Democratic Write-In Democratic hold |
Mike Gravel (Democratic) 45.1% Elmer E. Rasmuson (Republican) 37.4% Ernest Gruening (Democratic Write-In) 17.4% |
Arizona | Carl Hayden | Democratic | Retired Republican gain |
Barry Goldwater (Republican) 57.2% Roy Elson (Democratic) 42.8% |
Arkansas | J. William Fulbright | Democratic | Re-elected | J. William Fulbright (Democratic) 59.2% Charles T. Bernard (Republican) 40.9% |
California | Thomas Kuchel | Republican | Lost renomination Democratic gain |
Alan Cranston (Democratic) 51.8% Max Rafferty (Republican) 46.9% Paul Jacobs (Peace & Freedom) 1.3% |
Colorado | Peter H. Dominick | Republican | Re-elected | Peter H. Dominick (Republican) 58.6% Stephen L.R. McNichols (Democratic) 41.5% |
Connecticut | Abraham A. Ribicoff | Democratic | Re-elected | Abraham A. Ribicoff (Democratic) 54.3% Edwin H. May, Jr. (Republican) 45.7% |
Florida | George Smathers | Democratic | Retired Republican gain |
Edward J. Gurney (Republican) 55.9% LeRoy Collins (Democratic) 44.1% |
Georgia | Herman Talmadge | Democratic | Re-elected | Herman Talmadge (Democratic) 77.5% E. Earl Patton (Republican) 22.5% |
Hawaii | Daniel Inouye | Democratic | Re-elected | Daniel Inouye (Democratic) 83.4% Wayne C. Thiessen (Republican) 15.0% |
Idaho | Frank Church | Democratic | Re-elected | Frank Church (Democratic) 60.3% George V. Hansen (Republican) 39.7% |
Illinois | Everett Dirksen | Republican | Re-elected | Everett Dirksen (Republican) 53.0% William G. Clark (Democratic) 46.6% |
Indiana | Birch Bayh | Democratic | Re-elected | Birch Bayh (Democratic) 51.7% William Ruckelshaus (Republican) 48.2% |
Iowa | Bourke B. Hickenlooper | Republican | Retired Democratic gain |
Harold Hughes (Democratic) 50.3% David M. Stanley (Republican) 49.7% |
Kansas | Frank Carlson | Republican | Retired Republican hold |
Bob Dole (Republican) 60.1% William I. Robinson (Democratic) 38.7% |
Kentucky | Thruston Ballard Morton | Republican | Retired Republican hold |
Marlow W. Cook (Republican) 51.4% Katherine Peden (Democratic) 47.6% |
Louisiana | Russell B. Long | Democratic | Re-elected | Russell B. Long (Democratic) Unopposed |
Maryland | Daniel Brewster | Democratic | Lost re-election Republican gain |
Charles Mathias, Jr. (Republican) 47.8% Daniel Brewster (Democratic) 39.1% George P. Mahoney (American Independent) 13.1% |
Missouri | Edward V. Long | Democratic | Lost renomination Democratic hold |
Thomas Eagleton (Democratic) 51.1% Thomas B. Curtis (Republican) 48.9% |
Nevada | Alan Bible | Democratic | Re-elected | Alan Bible (Democratic) 54.8% Ed Fike (Republican) 45.2% |
New Hampshire | Norris Cotton | Republican | Re-elected | Norris Cotton (Republican) 59.3% John W. King (Democratic) 40.7% |
New York | Jacob K. Javits | Republican | Re-elected | Jacob K. Javits (Republican) 49.7% Paul O'Dwyer (Democratic) 32.7% James L. Buckley (Conservative) 17.3% |
North Carolina | Sam Ervin | Democratic | Re-elected | Sam Ervin (Democratic) 60.6% Robert V. Somers (Republican) 39.4% |
North Dakota | Milton Young | Republican | Re-elected | Milton Young (Republican) 64.6% Herschel Lashkowitz (Democratic) 33.7% |
Ohio | Frank J. Lausche | Democratic | Lost renomination Republican gain |
William B. Saxbe (Republican) 51.5% John J. Gilligan (Democratic) 48.5% |
Oklahoma | A. S. Mike Monroney | Democratic | Lost re-election Republican gain |
Henry Bellmon (Republican) 51.7% A. S. Mike Monroney (Democratic) 46.2% |
Oregon | Wayne Morse | Democratic | Lost re-election Republican gain |
Bob Packwood (Republican) 50.2% Wayne Morse (Democratic) 49.8% |
Pennsylvania | Joseph S. Clark | Democratic | Lost re-election Republican gain |
Richard Schweiker (Republican) 51.9% Joseph S. Clark (Democratic) 45.8% |
South Carolina | Ernest Hollings | Democratic | Re-elected | Ernest Hollings (Democratic) 61.9% Marshall Parker (Republican) 38.1% |
South Dakota | George McGovern | Democratic | Re-elected | George McGovern (Democratic) 56.8% Archie M. Gubbrud (Republican) 43.2% |
Utah | Wallace F. Bennett | Republican | Re-elected | Wallace F. Bennett (Republican) 53.7% Milton N. Wellenmann (Democratic) 45.8% |
Vermont | George Aiken | Republican | Re-elected | George Aiken (Republican) 99.9% Unopposed |
Washington | Warren G. Magnuson | Democratic | Re-elected | Warren G. Magnuson (Democratic) 64.4% Jack Metcalf (Republican) 35.3% |
Wisconsin | Gaylord Nelson | Democratic | Re-elected | Gaylord Nelson (Democratic) 61.7% Jerris Leonard (Republican) 38.3% |
See also
- United States presidential election, 1968
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1968
- 91st United States Congress
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