1968 United States Senate election in North Dakota

none March 2026 September 2023 1968 United States Senate election in North Dakota North Dakota presidential no 1962 United States Senate election in North Dakota 1962 1974 United States Senate election in North Dakota 1974 November 5, 1968 File:Milton Young (cropped).jpg 150x150px Milton Young Republican Party (United States) 154,968 64.79% File:Mayor Herschel Lashkowitz in 1957.jpg Herschel Lashkowitz North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party 80,815 33.79% 1968 United States Senate election in North Dakota results map by county.svg 250px County results Young: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% U.S. Senator Milton Young Republican Party (United States) Milton Young Republican Party (United States) The 1968 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 5, 1968. The incumbent, Republican Senator Milton Young, sought and received re-election to his fifth term, defeating North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party candidate Herschel Lashkowitz, the mayor of Fargo, North Dakota since 1954.Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1968election.pdf Clerk of the House of Representatives 34Coomber Sarah Lashkowitz's storied tenure http://www.in-forum.com/specials/century/jan3/week42.html in-forum.com https://web.archive.org/web/20080516064141/http://www.in-forum.com:80/specials/century/jan3/week42.html May 16, 2008 October 10, 1999 dead Only Young filed as a Republican, and the endorsed Democratic candidate was Herschel Lashkowitz of Fargo, North Dakota, who was serving as the mayor of the city since 1954. Young and Lashkowitz won the primary elections for their respective parties. One independent candidate, Duane Mutch of Larimore, North Dakota, also filed before the deadline. Mutch was later a state senator for the North Dakota Republican Party in the North Dakota Senate from 1959 to 2006 for District 19. He ran as an independent when he did not receive his party's nomination. Election results 1968 United States Senate election in North Dakota Republican Party (US) Milton Young (incumbent) 154,968 64.79% Democratic Party (US) Herschel Lashkowitz 80,815 33.79% Independent (politician) Duane Mutch 3,393 1.42% 74,153 239,176 See also 1968 United States Senate elections Notes North Dakota 1968 Category:1968 North Dakota elections