1968 United States Senate election in South Carolina

none March 2026 September 2023 1968 United States Senate election in South Carolina South Carolina presidential no 1966 United States Senate special election in South Carolina 1966 (special) 1974 United States Senate election in South Carolina 1974 November 5, 1968 150x150px Ernest Hollings 91st Congress.jpg Ernest Hollings Democratic Party (United States) 404,060 61.89% 3x4.svg Marshall Parker Republican Party (United States) 248,780 38.11% 1968 United States Senate election in South Carolina results map by county.svg 220px County resultsHollings: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% U.S. Senator Ernest Hollings Democratic Party (United States) Ernest Hollings Democratic Party (United States) The 1968 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 5, 1968, to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Senator Fritz Hollings easily defeated Republican state senator Marshall Parker in a rematch of the election two years earlier to win his second, (his first full), term. Democratic primary Fritz Hollings, the incumbent Senator, easily defeated his primary opponent, John Bolt Culbertson.https://www.scvotes.org/files/ElectionReports/Election_Report_1968.pdf Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State, O. Frank Thornton to the General Assembly of South Carolina - Election November 5, 1968 and Primary of June 11, 1968 State Budget and Control Board 1968 Columbia 63 PDF November 1, 2019 August 13, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191101162800/https://www.scvotes.org/files/ElectionReports/Election_Report_1968.pdf dead 1968 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in South Carolina Democratic Party (United States) Fritz Hollings (incumbent) 308,016 78.3 Democratic Party (United States) John Bolt Culbertson 84,913 21.7 223,103 56.6 392,929 100.0 Republican primary Marshall Parker, the state senator from Oconee County in the Upstate, was persuaded by South Carolina Republicans to enter the race and he did not face a primary challenge. General election campaign After a close election loss to Fritz Hollings in 1966, the Republicans felt that Parker might have a chance at defeating Hollings by riding Nixon's coattails in the general election. However, the Republicans did not provide Parker with the financial resources to compete and he subsequently lost by a bigger margin to Hollings than two years prior. Election results South Carolina U.S. Senate Election, 1968 Democratic Party (United States) Fritz Hollings (incumbent) 404,060 61.89% +10.54% Republican Party (United States) Marshall Parker 248,780 38.11% -10.54% No party Write-Ins 15 0.00% N/A 155,280 23.78% +21.08% 652,855 76.5% +27.4% |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- See also List of United States senators from South Carolina United States Senate elections, 1968 References "Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." Reports and Resolutions of South Carolina to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Volume II. Columbia, SC: 1969, p. 19. Kalk Bruce H. The Origins of the Southern Strategy: Two-Party Competition in South 2001 Lexington Books 86 South Carolina 1968 Category:1968 South Carolina elections