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United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 1968

United States Senate elections, 1968
United States
← 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
  Michael Joseph Mansfield.jpg EverettDirksen.jpg
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 Decrease 5 Increase 5
Popular vote 24,976,660 23,588,832
Percentage 49.3% 46.5%
Swing Increase 1.4% Decrease 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
Arizona
← 1962 November 5, 1968 1974 →
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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
Illinois
← 1962 November 5, 1968 1974 →
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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
New York (state)
← 1962 November 5, 1968 1974 →
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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%

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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
North Carolina
← 1962 November 5, 1968 1974 →
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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
North Dakota
← 1962 November 5, 1968 1974 →
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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
Oklahoma
← 1962 November 3, 1968 1974 →
  BellmonHL.jpg Mike Monroney.jpg
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
Oregon
← 1962 November 5, 1968 1974 →
  RWPackwood.jpg Wayne Morse.jpg
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
Pennsylvania
← 1962 November 5, 1968 1974 →
  RichardSchweiker.jpg JosephSClark.jpg
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
South Carolina
← 1966 November 5, 1968 1974 →
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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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