1968 United States Senate election in Missouri
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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.
Contents
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on August 6, 1968.
Democratic primary
Candidates
- W. True Davis Jr., former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
- Thomas Eagleton, Lieutenant Governor
- Beverly Kitching
- Edward V. Long, incumbent U.S. Senator
- Lee C. Sutton, former member of the Missouri House of Representatives
- William McKinley Thomas, perennial candidate
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
- Thomas B. Curtis, U.S. Representative
- Morris D. Duncan, unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for Senate in 1962 and 1964
- Forest Nave Jr., Republican nominee for Missouri's 4th congressional district in 1966
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 | ||
| Voter turnout | % | |||
| Democratic hold | ||||
See also
References
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Missouri State Manual 1969, pp. 1316-1318.
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