1968 United States Senate election in Illinois

none March 2026 September 2023 1968 United States Senate election in Illinois Illinois 1915 presidential no 1962 United States Senate election in Illinois 1962 1970 United States Senate special election in Illinois 1970 (special) November 5, 1968 File:EverettDirksen.jpg Everett M. Dirksen Republican Party (United States) 2,358,947 53.01% File:Judge William G. Clark.png 150x150px William G. Clark Democratic Party (United States) 2,073,242 46.59% 1968 United States Senate election in Illinois results map by county.svg 160px County results Dirksen: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Clark: #7996e2 50–60% Senator Everett M. Dirksen Republican Party (United States) Everett M. Dirksen Republican Party (United States) 78.39% The 1968 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 5, 1968OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 5, 1968 JUDICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, JUNE, 11, 1972 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1968/1968%20GE%20and%20PE.PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20220704213241/https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1968/1968%20GE%20and%20PE.PDF dead July 4, 2022 Illinois State Board of Elections 26 June 2020 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. Background 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. Turnout in the primary elections was 23.90%, with a total of 1,303,375 votes cast.OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1986/1986%20GE.PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20220602085116/https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1986/1986%20GE.PDF dead June 2, 2022 www.elections.il.gov Illinois State Board of Elections 10 April 2020 Turnout during the general election was 78.39%, with 4,449,757 votes cast. Democratic primary Illinois Attorney General William G. Clark won the Democratic primary, running unopposed. Democratic primaryIllinois Blue Book 1967-1968 Illinois Secretary of State 884 http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/20934 28 March 2020 Democratic Party (United States) William G. Clark 627,361 99.97 218 0.04 627,579 100 Republican primary Incumbent U.S. Senator, and Senate Minority Leader, Everett M. Dirksen, won renomination over Roy C. Johnson. Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Everett McKinley Dirksen (incumbent) 622,710 92.15 Republican Party (United States) Roy C. Johnson 53,069 7.85 17 0.00 675,796 100 General election Results Dirksen carried 99 of the state's 102 counties. Clark, however, carried the state's most populous county, Cook County, taking 54.07% of the vote, to Dirksen's 45.52%. 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. 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%. 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 Republican Party (United States) Everett M. Dirksen (incumbent) 2,358,947 53.01 Democratic Party (United States) William G. Clark 2,073,242 46.59 Socialist Labor Party of America Louis Fisher 17,542 0.39 26 0.00 4,449,757 100.00 See also United States Senate elections, 1968 References Illinois United States Senate Category:United States Senate elections in Illinois