United States Senate election in Maryland, 1968

United States Senate elections, 1968

← 1966

November 5, 1968

1970 →

34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate
51 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Mike Mansfield	Everett Dirksen
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader since	January 3, 1961	January 3, 1959
Leader's seat	Montana	Illinois
Seats before	63	37
Seats after	58	42
Seat change	5	5
Popular vote	24,976,660	23,588,832
Percentage	49.3%	46.5%
Swing	1.4%	4.5%
Seats up	23	11
Races won	18	16

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Results, with special elections
Democratic gain Democratic hold
Republican gain Republican hold

Majority Leader before election

Mike Mansfield
Democratic

Elected Majority Leader

Mike Mansfield
Democratic

United States Senate election in Arizona, 1968

← 1962

November 5, 1968

1974 →


Nominee	Barry Goldwater	Roy Elson
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	274,607	205,338
Percentage	57.22%	42.78%

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U.S. Senate election results map.
Red denotes counties won by Goldwater.
Blue denotes those won by Elson.

U.S. Senator before election

Carl Hayden
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Barry Goldwater
Republican

U.S. Senate election in Illinois, 1968

← 1962

November 5, 1968

1974 →


Nominee	Everett Dirksen	William G. Clark
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	2,358,947	2,073,242
Percentage	53.01%	46.59%

Senator before election

Everett Dirksen
Republican

Elected Senator

Everett Dirksen
Republican

U.S. Senate election in New York, 1968

← 1962

November 5, 1968

1974 →


Nominee	Jacob K. Javits	Paul O'Dwyer	James L. Buckley
Party	Republican	Democratic	Conservative (N.Y.)
Popular vote	3,269,772	2,150,695	1,139,402
Percentage	49.68%	32.68%	17.31%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Jacob K. Javits
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jacob K. Javits
Republican

U.S. Senate election in North Carolina, 1968

← 1962

November 5, 1968

1974 →


Nominee	Sam Ervin	Robert Somers
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	870,406	566,834
Percentage	60.6%	39.4%

U.S. Senator before election

Sam Ervin
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Sam Ervin
Democratic

U.S. Senate election in North Dakota, 1968

← 1962

November 5, 1968

1974 →


Nominee	Milton R. Young	Herschel Lashkowitz
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	154,968	80,815
Percentage	64.79%	33.79%

U.S. Senator before election

Milton R. Young
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Milton R. Young
Republican

U.S. Senate election in Oklahoma, 1968

← 1962

November 3, 1968

1974 →


Nominee	Henry Bellmon	Mike Monroney
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	470,120	419,658
Percentage	51.7%	46.2%

U.S. Senator before election

Mike Monroney
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Henry Bellmon
Republican

U.S. Senate election in Oregon, 1968

← 1962

November 5, 1968

1974 →


Nominee	Bob Packwood	Wayne Morse
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	408,646	405,353
Percentage	50.2%	49.8%

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County results

U.S. Senator before election

Wayne Morse
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Bob Packwood
Republican

U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1968

← 1962

November 5, 1968

1974 →


Nominee	Richard Schweiker	Joseph Clark
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	2,399,762	2,117,662
Percentage	51.9%	45.8%

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County results

U.S. Senator before election

Joseph Clark
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Richard Schweiker
Republican

U.S. Senate election in South Carolina, 1968

← 1966

November 5, 1968

1974 →


Nominee	Ernest Hollings	Marshall Parker
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	404,060	248,780
Percentage	61.9%	38.1%

U.S. Senator before election

Ernest Hollings
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ernest Hollings
Democratic

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