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1968 Republican Party presidential primaries

From March 12 to June 11, 1968, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1968 United States presidential election. Former vice president Richard Nixon was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1968 Republican National Convention held from August 5 to August 8, 1968, in Miami Beach, Florida.[4]

Schedule and results[edit]

1968 Republican Primaries and State Conventions[edit]

Tablemaker's Note:[c]

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Governor of Maryland (endorsed Nixon)[121]

Spiro Agnew

Governor of Oklahoma (endorsed Nixon)[122]

Dewey F. Bartlett

Senator of Kansas[123]

Frank Carlson

Senator of New Jersey[124]

Clifford Case

Governor of Washington[125]

Daniel J. Evans

Senator of Hawaii (endorsed Nixon)[126]

Hiram Fong

Governor of Alaska (endorsed Nixon)[127]

Wally Hickel

Governor of Ohio (endorsed Rockefeller)[128]

James A. Rhodes

Governor of Pennsylvania (endorsed Rockefeller)[129]

Raymond P. Shafer

Senator of Texas (endorsed Nixon)[130]

John Tower

Senator of South Carolina (endorsed Nixon)[131]

Strom Thurmond

Governor of Massachusetts (endorsed Nixon)[132]

John Volpe

– 1,696,632 (37.93%)

Ronald Reagan

– 1,679,443 (37.54%)

Richard Nixon

– 614,492 (13.74%)

James A. Rhodes

– 164,340 (3.67%)

Nelson A. Rockefeller

Unpledged – 140,639 (3.14%)

(write-in) – 44,520 (1.00%)

Eugene McCarthy

– 31,655 (0.71%)

Harold Stassen

– 31,465 (0.70%)

John Volpe

Others – 21,456 (0.51%)

(write-in) – 15,291 (0.34%)

George Wallace

(write-in) – 14,524 (0.33%)

Robert F. Kennedy

(write-in) – 5,698 (0.13)

Hubert Humphrey

(write-in) – 4,824 (0.11%)

Lyndon Johnson

– 4,447 (0.10%)

George Romney

– 1,223 (0.03%)

Raymond P. Shafer

– 724 (0.02%)

William W. Scranton

– 689 (0.02%)

Charles H. Percy

– 598 (0.01%)

Barry M. Goldwater

– 591 (0.01%)

John V. Lindsay

1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries

; Schlesinger, Arthur M.; Israel, Fred L. (2012). History of American Presidential Elections, 1789–2008. Vol. 3 (4 ed.). New York City: Facts on File. ISBN 978-0-8160-8220-9.

Troy, Gil