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The 1968 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 5, 1968 [1] 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.
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. [1] [2]
Turnout in the primary elections was 23.90%, with a total of 1,303,375 votes cast. [1] [3]
Turnout during the general election was 78.39%, with 4,449,757 votes cast. [1]
Illinois Attorney General William G. Clark won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William G. Clark | 627,361 | 99.97 | |
| Write-in | Others | 218 | 0.04 | |
| Total votes | 627,579 | 100 | ||
Incumbent U.S. Senator, and Senate Minority Leader, Everett M. Dirksen, won renomination over Roy C. Johnson.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Everett McKinley Dirksen (incumbent) | 622,710 | 92.15 | |
| Republican | Roy C. Johnson | 53,069 | 7.85 | |
| Write-in | Others | 17 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 675,796 | 100 | ||
Dirksen carried 99 of the state's 102 counties. [1] Clark, however, carried the state's most populous county, Cook County, taking 54.07% of the vote, to Dirksen's 45.52%. [1] 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. [1]
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%. [1] Clark's majority in Chicago and Cook County was insufficient to roll back Dirksen's large majorities in the Chicago suburbs and Downstate.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Everett M. Dirksen (incumbent) | 2,358,947 | 53.01 | |
| Democratic | William G. Clark | 2,073,242 | 46.59 | |
| Socialist Labor | Louis Fisher | 17,542 | 0.39 | |
| Write-in | Others | 26 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 4,449,757 | 100.00 | ||
The 1998 United States Senate election in Illinois was held November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun decided to run for re-election, despite the number of controversies that she had in her first term. Republican State Senator Peter Fitzgerald won his party's primary with a slim margin of victory. Fitzgerald won with a margin of victory of approximately 3%. He won all but five counties and became the only Republican Senate candidate to defeat a Democratic incumbent in 1998.
The 1992 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Senator Alan J. Dixon decided to run for re-election a third term, but he was defeated in the Democratic primary by Carol Moseley Braun, who won the general election. Until 2022, this was the last time a single party won Illinois's Class 3 Senate seat in two or more consecutive elections.
The 1984 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican Senator Charles H. Percy ran for re-election to a fourth term in the United States Senate. Senator Percy was opposed by Democratic nominee Paul Simon, who was a United States Congressman from Illinois's 22nd congressional district. The campaign between Percy and Simon was contentious and brutally fought, and ended up with Simon ousting Percy by fewer than 90,000 votes, which was, at the time, considered an upset. Incidentally, Percy's son-in-law Jay Rockefeller was elected Senator from West Virginia in the same election cycle.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections were held on February 2, 2010.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Illinois on November 4, 2014. All of Illinois' executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Illinois' eighteen seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on March 18, 2014.
The 1956 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 6, 1956 to elect one of Illinois's members to the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen won reelection to a second term.
The United States Senate election in Illinois of 1950 was held on November 7, 1950 to elect one of Illinois's members to the United States Senate. Republican Everett Dirksen defeated incumbent Democratic Senator and Senate Majority Leader Scott W. Lucas, who had been seeking a third term.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Illinois on November 6, 2018. The elections for Illinois's 18 congressional districts, Governor, statewide constitutional officers, Illinois Senate, and Illinois House were held on this date.
The 1968 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the overall 1968 United States presidential election. Illinois voters selected 26 electors to represent the state in the Electoral College, which would then choose the president and vice president.
The 1960 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1960. Incumbent Democratic United States Senator Paul Douglas was reelected to a third term.
The 1962 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 6, 1962 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 third term.
The 1970 United States Senate special election in Illinois was held on November 3, 1970, to fill the remainder of the term of Republican Everett Dirksen, who had died in office. Republican Ralph Tyler Smith had been appointed to fill the seat after Dirksen's death, and he lost the special election to Democrat Adlai Stevenson III. This election was the third consecutive time in which a United States Senate election in Illinois took place two years after a previous United States Senate election in Illinois after 1966 and 1968.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 5, 2002. Primary elections were held on March 19, 2002.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 3, 1998. Primary elections were held on March 17, 1998.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 8, 1994. Primaries were held on March 15, 1994.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 5, 1968.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 6, 1956.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 6, 1962.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 7, 1950.
The 1960 Illinois gubernatorial election was held in Illinois on November 8, 1960.
