1970 United States Senate election in Minnesota

The 1970 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy opted not to seek reelection. Former Democratic U.S. Senator, Vice President and 1968 presidential nominee Hubert Humphrey defeated Republican U.S. Representative Clark MacGregor.

1970 United States Senate election in Minnesota

November 3, 1970
 
Nominee Hubert H. Humphrey Clark MacGregor
Party Democratic–Farmer–Labor Republican
Popular vote 788,256 568,025
Percentage 57.75% 41.62%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Eugene J. McCarthy
Democratic–Farmer–Labor

Elected U.S. Senator

Hubert H. Humphrey
Democratic–Farmer–Labor

Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Hubert H. Humphrey 338,705 79.25%
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Earl D. Craig 88,709 20.76%
Total votes 427,414 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Republican primary election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clark MacGregor 220,353 93.31%
Republican John D. Baucom 15,797 6.69%
Total votes 236,150 100.00%

General election

Results

General election results[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Hubert H. Humphrey 788,256 57.75%
Republican Clark MacGregor 568,025 41.62%
Socialist Workers Nancy Strebe 6,122 0.45%
Industrial Government William Braatz 2,484 0.18%
Total votes 1,364,887 100.00%
Majority 220,231 16.14%
Democratic–Farmer–Labor hold

See also

  • United States Senate elections, 1970

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.