The 1968 New York state election was held on November 5, 1968, to elect a judge of the New York Court of Appeals and a U.S. Senator, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
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The 1968 New York state election was held on November 5, 1968, to elect a judge of the New York Court of Appeals and a U.S. Senator, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.
The Republican State Committee met on March 27 at Albany, New York and designated U.S. Senator Jacob K. Javits, and endorsed the Democratic/Liberal Judge Adrian P. Burke, for re-election.[1]
The Democratic primary for U.S. Senator was won by Paul O'Dwyer, the brother of Mayor of New York William O'Dwyer (in office 1946–1950).[2] Paul O'Dwyer gathered 25,000 signatures, and got on the primary ballot by petition on a peace platform and favoring Eugene McCarthy to be nominated for President.[3] In a tight race, he defeated Nassau County Executive Eugene H. Nickerson, the candidate of the party bosses and supporter of Robert F. Kennedy for President, and Congressman Joseph Y. Resnick, the candidate who planned to back Lyndon B. Johnson for re-election.[4] The vote was O'Dwyer 275,877; Nickerson 257,639; and Resnick 229,803.[5]
The Liberal primary for U.S. Senator was won by the incumbent Republican Jacob K. Javits who defeated Murray Baron,[6] a former Liberal New York County Chairman.[7]
The Conservative State Committee met on April 2, and designated by acclamation James L. Buckley for the U.S. Senate, and endorsed the Democratic/Liberal Judge Adrian P. Burke for re-election.[8]
The Peace and Freedom Party nominated Herman B. Ferguson, a former elementary-school assistant principal, for the U.S. Senate. Ferguson had been convicted of conspiring to murder moderate civil rights leaders Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young,[9] and his candidature was contested. On October 2, a New York Supreme Court justice ruled that Ferguson was entitled to run.[10]
The incumbents Burke and Javits were re-elected.
| Ticket / Office | Republican ticket | Democratic ticket | Conservative ticket | Liberal ticket | Peace and Freedom ticket | Socialist Labor ticket | Socialist Workers ticket | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | Adrian P. Burke | 2,590,598 | Adrian P. Burke | 2,578,460 | Adrian P. Burke | 418,542 | Adrian P. Burke | 299,078 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |||
| U.S. Senator | Jacob K. Javits | 2,810,836 | Paul O'Dwyer | 2,150,695 | James L. Buckley | 1,139,402 | Jacob K. Javits | 458,936 | Herman B. Ferguson | 8,775 | John Emanuel[11] | 7,964 | Hedda Garza[12] | 4,919 |