1968 United States Senate election in Alabama
November 5, 1968
 
Nominee James B. Allen Perry O. Hooper Sr. Robert P. Schwenn
Party Democratic Republican National Democratic (Ala.)
Popular vote 638,744 201,227 72,699
Percentage 69.99% 22.05% 7.97%
County results
Allen:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Hooper:      40-50%
Schwenn:      40–50%      50–60%
U.S. senator before election

J. Lister Hill
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

James B. Allen
Democratic

Democratic primary first round results by county
  Allen
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Selden
  •   30-40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Smith
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
Democratic primary runoff results by county
  Allen
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Selden
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%

The 1968 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 5, 1968. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator J. Lister Hill retired. He was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor of Alabama James Allen, who won a hotly contested primary over Armistead I. Selden Jr. In the general election, Allen easily defeated Republican Probate Judge Perry O. Hooper Sr. and National Democratic nominee Robert Schwenn.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1968 Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James B. Allen 224,483 41.88%
Democratic Armistead I. Selden Jr. 190,283 35.50%
Democratic Bob Smith 72,928 13.61%
Democratic Jim Folsom 32,004 5.97%
Democratic John G. Crommelin 10,926 2.04%
Democratic Margaret Stewart 5,368 1.00%
Total votes 535,992 100.00%

Run-off

Because no candidate received a majority in the first round, Allen and Selden advanced to a run-off election on June 4.

1968 Democratic run-off results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James B. Allen 196,511 50.52%
Democratic Armistead I. Selden Jr. 192,448 49.48%
Total votes 388,959 100.00%

General election

1968 United States Senate election in Alabama[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic James B. Allen 638,774 69.99% Increase19.13
Republican Perry O. Hooper Sr. 201,227 22.05% Decrease27.09
National Democratic (Ala.) Robert P. Schwenn 72,699 7.97% N/A
Total votes 912,700 100.00%
Democratic hold

General election results by county

1968 United States Senate election in Alabama by county[3]
County James Browning Allen
Democratic		 Perry Oliver Hooper senior
Republican		 Robert P. Schwenn
National Democratic		 Margin Total votes cast
#  % #  % #  % #  %
Autauga 4,368 60.84% 1,629 22.69% 1,183 16.48% 2,739 38.15% 7,180
Baldwin 13,111 80.60% 3,030 18.63% 125 0.77% 10,081 61.98% 16,266
Barbour 5,451 75.23% 496 6.85% 1,299 17.93% 4,152[lower-alpha 1] 57.30% 7,246
Bibb 3,609 80.11% 314 6.97% 582 12.92% 3,027[lower-alpha 1] 67.19% 4,505
Blount 5,914 72.84% 2,182 26.88% 23 0.28% 3,732 45.97% 8,119
Bullock 1,914 47.47% 518 12.85% 1,600 39.68% 314[lower-alpha 1] 7.79% 4,032
Butler 3,558 60.92% 2,069 35.43% 213 3.65% 1,489 25.50% 5,840
Calhoun 20,377 79.46% 3,347 13.05% 1,921 7.49% 17,030 66.41% 25,645
Chambers 7,953 85.80% 1,091 11.77% 225 2.43% 6,862 74.03% 9,269
Cherokee 4,743 92.85% 318 6.23% 47 0.92% 4,425 86.63% 5,108
Chilton 5,154 62.52% 2,743 33.27% 347 4.21% 2,411 29.25% 8,244
Choctaw 3,742 94.26% 181 4.56% 47 1.18% 3,561 89.70% 3,970
Clarke 5,139 85.54% 760 12.65% 109 1.81% 4,379 72.89% 6,008
Clay 4,013 84.61% 689 14.53% 41 0.86% 3,324 70.08% 4,743
Cleburne 3,440 87.33% 484 12.29% 15 0.38% 2,956 75.04% 3,939
Coffee 8,620 87.19% 1,077 10.89% 189 1.91% 7,543 76.30% 9,886
Colbert 11,112 76.78% 2,060 14.23% 1,300 8.98% 9,052 62.55% 14,472
Conecuh 3,529 85.55% 544 13.19% 52 1.26% 2,985 72.36% 4,125
Coosa 2,661 73.53% 492 13.59% 466 12.88% 2,169 59.93% 3,619
Covington 8,825 74.33% 2,871 24.18% 176 1.48% 5,954 50.15% 11,872
Crenshaw 3,668 74.92% 949 19.38% 279 5.70% 2,719 55.54% 4,896
Cullman 11,134 67.60% 5,225 31.72% 111 0.67% 5,909 35.88% 16,470
Dale 7,861 86.07% 941 10.30% 331 3.62% 6,920 75.77% 9,133
Dallas 7,507 57.07% 2,444 18.58% 3,202 24.34% 4,305[lower-alpha 1] 32.73% 13,153
DeKalb 8,998 62.66% 5,340 37.18% 23 0.16% 3,658 25.47% 14,361
Elmore 7,552 72.07% 2,284 21.80% 643 6.14% 5,268 50.27% 10,479
Escambia 8,110 88.82% 956 10.47% 65 0.71% 7,154 78.35% 9,131
Etowah 23,759 79.69% 4,425 14.84% 1,629 5.46% 19,334 64.85% 29,813
Fayette 4,757 85.30% 792 14.20% 28 0.50% 3,965 71.10% 5,577
Franklin 5,734 67.32% 2,579 30.28% 205 2.41% 3,155 37.04% 8,518
Geneva 7,798 92.07% 406 4.79% 266 3.14% 7,392 87.27% 8,470
Greene 1,544 40.04% 181 4.69% 2,131 55.26% -587[lower-alpha 1] -15.22% 3,856
Hale 2,765 53.94% 418 8.15% 1,943 37.90% 822[lower-alpha 1] 16.04% 5,126
Henry 4,003 84.86% 157 3.33% 557 11.81% 3,446[lower-alpha 1] 73.05% 4,717
Houston 14,815 89.46% 1,396 8.43% 350 2.11% 13,419 81.03% 16,561
Jackson 8,327 87.08% 1,086 11.36% 150 1.57% 7,241 75.72% 9,563
Jefferson 94,603 59.26% 53,094 33.26% 11,943 7.48% 41,509 26.00% 159,640
Lamar 5,263 92.72% 334 5.88% 79 1.39% 4,929 86.84% 5,676
Lauderdale 12,421 74.89% 3,414 20.58% 750 4.52% 9,007 54.31% 16,585
Lawrence 5,632 86.58% 692 10.64% 181 2.78% 4,940 75.94% 6,505
Lee 7,975 68.54% 2,442 20.99% 1,219 10.48% 5,533 47.55% 11,636
Limestone 7,888 82.64% 1,207 12.65% 450 4.71% 6,681 69.99% 9,545
Lowndes 1,463 53.14% 618 22.45% 672 24.41% 791[lower-alpha 1] 28.73% 2,753
Macon 1,599 33.89% 482 10.22% 2,637 55.89% -1,038[lower-alpha 1] -22.00% 4,718
Madison 27,249 55.97% 16,699 34.30% 4,741 9.74% 10,550 21.67% 48,689
Marengo 4,886 55.43% 674 7.65% 3,254 36.92% 1,632[lower-alpha 1] 18.52% 8,814
Marion 6,534 80.28% 1,567 19.25% 38 0.47% 4,967 61.03% 8,139
Marshall 12,686 80.38% 2,933 18.58% 163 1.03% 9,753 61.80% 15,782
Mobile 53,656 74.85% 16,473 22.98% 1,556 2.17% 37,183 51.87% 71,685
Monroe 4,842 84.22% 561 9.76% 346 6.02% 4,281 74.47% 5,749
Montgomery 15,815 36.89% 18,598 43.39% 8,452 19.72% -2,783 -6.49% 42,865
Morgan 15,353 79.52% 3,600 18.65% 353 1.83% 11,753 60.88% 19,306
Perry 2,557 46.84% 580 10.62% 2,322 42.54% 235[lower-alpha 1] 4.30% 5,459
Pickens 4,379 75.40% 341 5.87% 1,088 18.73% 3,291[lower-alpha 1] 56.66% 5,808
Pike 4,570 62.37% 1,785 24.36% 972 13.27% 2,785 38.01% 7,327
Randolph 5,176 83.78% 789 12.77% 213 3.45% 4,387 71.01% 6,178
Russell 7,850 92.20% 543 6.38% 121 1.42% 7,307 85.82% 8,514
Shelby 7,287 74.64% 2,142 21.94% 334 3.42% 5,145 52.70% 9,763
St. Clair 6,893 75.68% 1,849 20.30% 366 4.02% 5,044 55.38% 9,108
Sumter 2,165 45.95% 277 5.88% 2,270 48.17% -105[lower-alpha 1] -2.23% 4,712
Talladega 13,649 85.48% 1,744 10.92% 574 3.59% 11,905 74.56% 15,967
Tallapoosa 8,695 79.87% 1,605 14.74% 587 5.39% 7,090 65.12% 10,887
Tuscaloosa 18,530 70.05% 3,801 14.37% 4,121 15.58% 14,409[lower-alpha 1] 54.47% 26,452
Walker 14,542 83.63% 2,779 15.98% 67 0.39% 11,763 67.65% 17,388
Washington 4,022 89.36% 318 7.07% 161 3.58% 3,704 82.29% 4,501
Wilcox 2,012 58.68% 639 18.64% 778 22.69% 1,234[lower-alpha 1] 35.99% 3,429
Winston 3,017 57.93% 2,173 41.72% 18 0.35% 844 16.21% 5,208
Totals638,77469.99%201,22722.05%72,6997.97%437,54747.94%912,700

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 In this county where Hooper ran third behind both Allen and Schwenn, margin given is Allen vote minus Schwenn vote and percentage margin Allen percentage minus Schwenn percentage.

References

  1. ↑ "Our Campaigns - AL US Senate - D Primary Race - May 07, 1968".
  2. ↑ "Our Campaigns - AL US Senate - D Runoff Race - Jun 04, 1968".
  3. 1 2 "AL US Senate Race — November 05, 1968". Our Campaigns.
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