1968 United States Senate election in Illinois

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1968 United States Senate election in Illinois
← 1962 November 5, 1968 1970 (special) →
Turnout 78.39%
  EverettDirksen.jpg No image.svg
Nominee Everett M. Dirksen William G. Clark
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 2,358,947 2,073,242
Percentage 53.01% 46.59%
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County results
Dirksen:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
Clark:      50–60%
Senator before election

Everett M. Dirksen
Republican

 Elected Senator

Everett M. Dirksen
Republican

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The 1968 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 5, 1968[1] to elect one of Illinois's members to the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator and Minority Leader Everett Dirksen won re-election to his fourth term.

Election information

The primaries and general election coincided with those for other federal (United States president and House) and those for state elections.

Primaries were held on June 11.[1][2]

Turnout

Turnout in the primary elections was 23.90%, with a total of 1,303,375 votes cast.[1][3]

Turnout during the general election was 78.39%, with 4,449,757 votes cast.[1]

Democratic primary

Illinois Attorney General William G. Clark won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.

Democratic primary[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William G. Clark 627,361 99.97
style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | Write-in Others 218 0.04
Total votes 627,579 100

Republican primary

Incumbent U.S. Senator, and Senate Minority Leader, Everett M. Dirksen, won renomination over Roy C. Johnson.

Republican primary[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Everett McKinley Dirksen (incumbent) 622,710 92.15
Republican Roy C. Johnson 53,069 7.85
style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | Write-in Others 17 0.00
Total votes 675,796 100

General election

Results

Dirksen carried 99 of the state's 102 counties.[1] Clark, however, carried the state's most populous county, Cook County, taking 54.07% of the vote, to Dirksen's 45.52%.[1] Since Cook County was home to 50.65% of the votes cast in the election, the final result of the election was close, despite Dirksen winning a landslide 60.70% of the vote to Clark's 38.92% in the other 101 counties of the state.[1]

Additionally, in Cook County's principal city, Chicago (from which 31.02% of all statewide ballots were cast), Clark won 63.90% of the vote to Dirksen's 35.58%.[1] Clark's majority in Chicago and Cook County was insufficient to roll back Dirksen's large majorities in the Chicago suburbs and Downstate.

United States Senate election in Illinois, 1968[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Everett M. Dirksen (incumbent) 2,358,947 53.01
Democratic William G. Clark 2,073,242 46.59
Socialist Labor Louis Fisher 17,542 0.39
style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | Write-in Others 26 0.00
Total votes 4,449,757 100.00

See also

References

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