1968 United States Senate elections

The 1968 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate. Held on November 5, the 34 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. They coincided with the presidential election of the same year. The Republicans picked up five net seats in the Senate. This saw Republicans win a Senate seat in Florida for the first time since Reconstruction.

Republicans would gain another seat after the election when Alaska Republican Ted Stevens was appointed to replace Democrat Bob Bartlett, reducing Democrats' majority to 57–43.

Gains, losses, and holds[edit]

Retirements[edit]

Three Republicans and three Democrats retired instead of seeking re-election.

Change in composition[edit]

Before the elections[edit]

After the September 10, 1968 appointment in New York.

Race summary[edit]

Elections leading to the next Congress[edit]

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1969; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 3 seats.

1968 United States elections

1968 United States gubernatorial elections

90th United States Congress

91st United States Congress

"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. (2001). The Origins of the Southern Strategy: Two-Party Competition in South. Lexington Books. p. 86.