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The 1968 United States general election was held on November 5 of that year.

Presidential Election

Results by state with electoral votes. Blue represents Nixon states, red Humphrey states, and green Wallace states. Note that one Nixon elector in North Carolina voted for Wallace.

In the presidential election, former Vice President and Republican nominee Richard Nixon defeated the Democratic candidate and sitting Vice President, Hubert Humphrey. Notably, George Wallace, the former Democratic governor of Alabama, ran as an independent and carried five states.

U.S. Senate

Alabama

Senatorial Candidate Party Votes Vote % Won
Jim Allen Democratic 638,774 70% Yes check.png
Perry Hooper Republican 201,227 22%
Robert P. Schwenn National Democratic 72,699 8%

Democratic Hold

Alaska

Senatorial Candidate Party Votes Vote % Won
Mike Gravel Democratic 36,527 45% Yes check.png
Elmer E. Rasmuson Republican 30,286 37%
Ernest J. Gruening* Write-in 14,118 17%

Democratic Hold

Arizona

Senatorial Candidate Party Votes Vote % Won
Barry Goldwater Republican 274,607 57% Yes check.png
Roy Elson Democratic 205,338 43%

Governors

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