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1968 United States Senate election in Utah Utah 1922 presidential no 1962 United States Senate election in Utah 1962 1974 United States Senate election in Utah 1974 November 5, 1968 File: Wallace Bennett.jpg 150x150px Wallace F. Bennett Republican Party (United States) 225,075 53.68% 3x4.svg Milton L. Weilenmann Democratic Party (United States) 192,168 45.83% File:1968 United States Senate election in Utah results map by county.svg 230px County resultsBennett: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Weilenmann: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70%Tie: #cdafdcff 40–50% U.S. Senator Wallace F. Bennett Republican Party (United States) Wallace F. Bennett Republican Party (United States)
The 1968 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 5, 1968. Incumbent Republican Senator Wallace F. Bennett won re-election to a fourth term.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on September 10, 1968.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Phil L. Hansen, incumbent Attorney General of Utah
Milton L. Weilenmann, State Economic Development Director July 29, 1968 Utah Parties Eye Sept. 10 State Primary https://newspaperarchive.com/logan-herald-journal-jul-29-1968-p-1/ Logan Herald Journal Logan, Utah 1 6 September 2021
Results
Democratic primary resultsCongressional Quarterly 1998 156America Votes 8 384https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=838073 UT US Senate, 1968 - D Primary Our Campaigns 6 September 2021
Milton L. Weilenmann Democratic Party (United States) 47,908 50.70
Phil L. Hansen Democratic Party (United States) 46,579 49.30
94,487 100.00
Republican primary
Candidates
Mark E. Anderson, lawyer September 11, 1968 Bennett Chosen in Utah https://www.nytimes.com/1968/09/11/archives/bennett-chosen-in-utah.html New York Times New York City 31 6 September 2021
Wallace F. Bennett, incumbent U.S. Senator
Results
Republican primary resultsCongressional Quarterly 1998 156America Votes 8 384https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=838074 UT US Senate, 1968 - R Primary Our Campaigns 6 September 2021
Wallace F. Bennett (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 81,945 60.87
Mark E. Anderson Republican Party (United States) 52,689 39.13
134,634 100.00
General election
Results
1968 United States Senate election in UtahCongressional Quarterly 1998 98America Votes 8 378https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=7025 UT US Senate, 1968 Our Campaigns 6 September 2021Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1969-07-01 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1968election.pdf U.S. Government Printing OfficeAbstract of the returns of the General Election held in the county of ..., state of Utah, Tuesday, November 5, 1968 https://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/General/1968Gen.pdf Utah Lieutenant Governor Elections September 6, 2021 May 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210513174443/https://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/General/1968Gen.pdf dead
Republican Party (US)
Wallace F. Bennett (Incumbent)
225,075
53.68
Democratic Party (US)
Milton N. Weilenmann
192,168
45.83
Peace and Freedom Party
Utah Phillips
2,019
0.48
32,907
7.85
419,262
Republican Party (US)
See also
1968 United States Senate elections
References
Bibliography
Congressional Elections, 1946-1996 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-248-4 Congressional Quarterly 1998
Scammon Richard M. America Votes 8: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1968 Washington, D.C. Governmental Affairs Institute 1970 https://archive.org/details/americavotes8elec/mode/2up America Votes 8
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