US Senator 1959-1971
Electoral history of
Eugene McCarthy,
United States Senator (1959–1971) and
Representative (1949–1959) from
Minnesota. He was a member of the
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (
Democratic Party on the national level).
McCarthy was also a candidate for the 1968 Democratic
presidential nomination, coming first in the primaries. He later ran for President four times.
House and Senate races (1948-1964)
Minnesota's 4th congressional district, 1948:
[1]
Minnesota's 4th congressional district, 1950:
[2]
- Eugene McCarthy (DFL) (inc.) - 59,930 (60.39%)
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Ward Fleming (R) - 39,307 (39.61%)
Minnesota's 4th congressional district, 1952:
[3]
- Eugene McCarthy (DFL) (inc.) - 98,015 (61.71%)
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Roger G. Kennedy (R) - 60,827 (38.29%)
Minnesota's 4th congressional district, 1954:
[4]
- Eugene McCarthy (DFL) (inc.) - 81,651 (63.01%)
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Dick Hansen (R) - 47,933 (36.99%)
Minnesota's 4th congressional district, 1956:
[5]
United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1958:
[6]
United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1964:
[7]
1968 presidential election
New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, 1968:
[8]
New Hampshire Democratic vice presidential primary, 1968:
[9]
Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, 1968:
[10]
Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, 1968:
[11]
Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary, 1968:
[12]
Indiana Democratic presidential primary, 1968:
[13]
Nebraska Democratic presidential primary, 1968:
[14]
Florida Democratic presidential primary, 1968:
[15]
Oregon Democratic presidential primary, 1968:
[16]
South Dakota Democratic presidential primary, 1968:
[17]
New Jersey Democratic presidential primary, 1968:
[18]
California Democratic presidential primary, 1968:
[19]
Illinois Democratic presidential primary, 1968:
[20]
1968 Democratic presidential primaries:
[21]
- Eugene McCarthy - 2,914,933 (38.73%)
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Robert F. Kennedy - 2,305,148 (30.63%)
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Stephen M. Young - 549,140 (7.30%)
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Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 383,590 (5.10%)
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Thomas C. Lynch - 380,286 (5.05%)
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Roger D. Branigin - 238,700 (3.17%)
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George Smathers - 236,242 (3.14%)
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Hubert Humphrey - 166,463 (2.21%)
- Unpledged - 161,143 (2.14%)
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Scott Kelly - 128,899 (1.71%)
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George Wallace - 34,489 (0.46%)
1968 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally):
[22]
1968 Democratic National Convention (vice presidential tally):
[23]
1968 United States presidential election:
Later presidential races
1972 Democratic presidential primaries:
[24]
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Hubert Humphrey - 4,121,372 (25.77%)
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George McGovern - 4,053,451 (25.34%)
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George Wallace - 3,755,424 (23.48%)
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Edmund Muskie - 1,840,217 (11.51%)
- Eugene McCarthy - 553,990 (3.46%)
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Henry M. Jackson - 505,198 (3.16%)
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Shirley Chisholm - 430,703 (2.69%)
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Terry Sanford - 331,415 (2.07%)
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John Lindsay - 196,406 (1.23%)
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Samuel Yorty - 79,446 (0.50%)
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Wilbur Mills - 37,401 (0.23%)
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Walter E. Fauntroy - 21,217 (0.13%)
- Unpledged - 19,533 (0.12%)
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Ted Kennedy - 16,693 (0.10%)
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Vance Hartke - 11,798 (0.07%)
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Patsy Mink - 8,286 (0.05%)
- None - 6,269 (0.04%)
1972 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally):
[25]
1972 Democratic National Convention (vice presidential tally):
1976 United States presidential election:
[26]
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Jimmy Carter/
Walter Mondale (D) - 40,831,881 (50.08%) and 297 electoral votes (23 states and D.C. carried)
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Gerald Ford (inc.)/
Bob Dole (R) - 39,148,634 (48.02%) and 240 electoral votes (27 states carried)
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Ronald Reagan/
Bob Dole (R) - 1 electoral vote (
Washington
faithless elector)
- Eugene McCarthy/Various
[27] (I) - 740,460 (0.91)
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Roger MacBride/
David Bergland (LBT) - 172,553 (0.21%)
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Lester Maddox/
William Dyke (AI) - 170,274 0.21%
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Thomas J. Anderson/
Rufus Shackelford (American) - 158,271 (0.19%)
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Peter Camejo/
Willie Mae Reid (Socialist Workers) - 90,986 (0.11%)
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Gus Hall/
Jarvis Tyner (Communist) - 58,709 (0.07%)
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Margareth Wright/
Benjamin Spock (People's) - 49,013 (0.06%)
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Lyndon LaRouche/
R. Wayne Evans (U.S. Labor) - 40,043 (0.05%)
- Others - 70,785 (0.08%)
1988 United States presidential election:
[28]
1992 Democratic presidential primaries:
[30]
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Bill Clinton - 10,482,411 (52.01%)
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Jerry Brown - 4,071,232 (20.20%)
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Paul Tsongas - 3,656,010 (18.14%)
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Unpledged - 750,873 (3.73%)
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Bob Kerrey - 318,457 (1.58%)
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Tom Harkin - 280,304 (1.39%)
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Lyndon LaRouche - 154,599 (0.77%)
- Eugene McCarthy - 108,678 (0.54%)
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Charles Woods - 88,948 (0.44%)
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Larry Agran - 58,611 (0.29%)
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Ross Perot - 54,755 (0.27%)
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Ralph Nader - 35,935 (0.18%)
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Louis Stokes - 29,983 (0.15%)
- Angus Wheeler McDonald - 9,900 (0.05%)
- J. Louis McAlpine - 7,911 (0.04%)
- George W. Benns - 7,887 (0.04%)
- Rufus T. Higginbotham - 7,705 (0.04%)
- Tom Howard Hawks - 7,434 (0.04%)
- Stephen Bruke - 5,261 (0.03%)
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Tom Laughlin - 5,202 (0.03%)
- Tom Shiekman - 4,965 (0.03%)
- Jeffrey F. Marsh - 2,445 (0.01%)
- George Ballard - 2,067 (0.01%)
- Ray Rollinson - 1,206 (0.01%)
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Leonora Fulani - 402 (0.00%)
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Douglas Wilder - 240 (0.00%)
Other later races
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party primary for the United States Senate, 1982:
[31]
References
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"Our Campaigns - MN District 4 Race - Nov 02, 1948".
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"Our Campaigns - MN District 4 Race - Nov 07, 1950".
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"Our Campaigns - MN District 4 Race - Nov 04, 1952".
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"Our Campaigns - MN District 4 Race - Nov 02, 1954".
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"Our Campaigns - MN District 4 Race - Nov 06, 1956".
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"Our Campaigns - MN US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1958".
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"Our Campaigns - MN US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1964".
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"Our Campaigns - NH US President - D Primary Race - Mar 12, 1968".
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"Our Campaigns - NH US Vice President - D Primary Race - Mar 12, 1968". www.ourcampaigns.com.
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"Our Campaigns - WI US President - D Primary Race - Apr 02, 1968".
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"Our Campaigns - PA US President - D Primary Race - Apr 23, 1968".
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"Our Campaigns - MA US President - D Primary Race - Apr 30, 1968".
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"Our Campaigns - IN US President - D Primary Race - May 07, 1968".
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"Our Campaigns - NE US President - D Primary Race - May 14, 1968".
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"Our Campaigns - FL US President - D Primary Race - May 28, 1968".
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"Our Campaigns - OR US President - D Primary Race - May 28, 1968".
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"Our Campaigns - SD US President - D Primary Race - Jun 04, 1968".
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"Our Campaigns - NJ US President - D Primary Race - Jun 04, 1968".
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"Our Campaigns - CA US President - D Primary Race - Jun 04, 1968".
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"Our Campaigns - IL US President - D Primary Race - Jun 11, 1968".
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"Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Mar 12, 1968".
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"Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Aug 26, 1968".
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"Our Campaigns - US Vice President - D Convention Race - Jul 26, 1968".
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"Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Mar 07, 1972".
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"Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Jul 10, 1972".
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"1976 Presidential General Election Results".
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^ McCarthy running-mate varied from state to state
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"1988 Presidential General Election Results".
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^ Fulani running mate carried from state to state
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"Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1992".
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"Our Campaigns - MN US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 14, 1982".