1968 United States Senate election in Missouri
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Nominee Thomas Eagleton Thomas B. Curtis
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 887,414 850,544
Percentage 51.1% 48.9%
County results
Long:      50–60%      60–70%
Curtis:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. senator before election

Edward V. Long
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Thomas Eagleton
Democratic

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The 1968 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 5, 1968.

Incumbent Democratic Senator Edward V. Long was defeated in the Democratic primary by Lieutenant Governor Thomas Eagleton. Eagleton narrowly defeated Republican U.S. Representative Thomas B. Curtis in the general election.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on August 6, 1968.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1][2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas Eagleton 224,017 36.65
Democratic Edward V. Long (incumbent) 198,901 32.54
Democratic W. True Davis Jr. 178,961 29.28
Democratic William McKinley Thomas 4,879 0.80
Democratic Lee C. Sutton 2,475 0.40
Democratic Beverly Kitching 2,044 0.33
Total votes 611,277 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[1][5][6][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas B. Curtis 192,028 84.52
Republican Morris D. Duncan 24,418 10.75
Republican Forest Nave Jr. 10,746 4.73
Total votes 227,192 100.00

General election

Results

1968 United States Senate election in Missouri[7][8][9][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas Eagleton 887,414 51.06
Republican Thomas B. Curtis 850,544 48.94
Majority 36,870 2.12
Turnout 1,737,958
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 132.
  2. ^ America Votes 8, p. 222.
  3. ^ "MO US Senate, 1968 - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Missouri State Manual 1969, pp. 1316–1318.
  5. ^ America Votes 8, p. 221.
  6. ^ "MO US Senate, 1968 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  7. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 90.
  8. ^ America Votes 8, p. 208.
  9. ^ "MO US Senate, 1968". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  10. ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (July 1, 1969). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  11. ^ Missouri State Manual 1969, p. 1196.

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