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1968 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
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1968 United States Senate election in New Hampshire New Hampshire 1931 presidential no 1962 United States Senate election in New Hampshire 1962 1974–75 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire 1974 November 5, 1968 File:Norris Cotton.jpg 150x150px Norris Cotton Republican Party (United States) 170,163 59.29% File:Gov John King (cropped).jpg John W. King Democratic Party (United States) 116,816 40.70% x240px County results x240px Municipality results Cotton: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90%King: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% U.S. Senator Norris Cotton Republican Party (United States) Norris Cotton Republican Party (United States)
The 1968 United States Senate election in New Hampshire took place on November 5, 1968. Incumbent Republican Senator Norris Cotton won re-election to a third full term.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on September 10, 1968.
Democratic primary
Candidates
John W. King, incumbent Governor of New Hampshire
Results
Democratic primary resultsCongressional Quarterly 1998 137America Votes 8 245Manual for the General Court 1969 527
John W. King Democratic Party (United States) 30,593 98.18
Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 566 1.82
31,159 100.00
Republican primary
Candidates
Norris Cotton, incumbent United States Senator
John C. Mongan, former Mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire
Results
Republican primary resultsCongressional Quarterly 1998 137America Votes 8 245Manual for the General Court 1969 527https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=762667 NH US Senate, 1968 - R Primary Our Campaigns 12 July 2021
Norris Cotton (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 78,058 92.39
John C. Mongan Republican Party (United States) 6,279 7.43
Write-ins Republican Party (United States) 147 0.17
84,484 100.00
General election
Results
1968 United States Senate election in New HampshireCongressional Quarterly 1998 92America Votes 8 240https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=7064 NH US Senate, 1968 Our Campaigns 12 July 2021Manual for the General Court 1969 703Clerk 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 Office
Republican Party (US)
Norris Cotton (Incumbent)
170,163
59.29
Democratic Party (US)
John W. King
116,816
40.70
Write-in
10
0.00
53,347
18.59
286,989
Republican Party (US)
See also
1968 United States Senate elections
References
Bibliography
Congressional Elections, 1946-1996 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-248-4 Congressional Quarterly 1998
Stark Robert L. Manual for the General Court of New Hampshire https://archive.org/details/manualforgeneral41newh/mode/2up 41 Concord, NH Department of State, New Hampshire 1969 Manual for the General Court 1969
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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