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Election 1968 Results

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1968 Louisiana governor election

John J. McKeithen (Democrat) won in Louisiana in 1968 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1964, when John McKeithen also won.

Democrats led in 64 of the 64 counties as they stood then. The largest, Orleans, cast 62,331 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Tensas, where 653 votes separated the two parties.

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Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
John J. McKeithen won Democratic 372,762 100.0%
Total372,762

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Orleans 62,331 100.0% 0 0.0% 62,331 D+100.0
East Baton Rouge 36,124 100.0% 0 0.0% 36,124 D+100.0
Caddo 25,653 100.0% 0 0.0% 25,653 D+100.0
Jefferson 24,958 100.0% 0 0.0% 24,958 D+100.0
Ouachita 14,995 100.0% 0 0.0% 14,995 D+100.0
Calcasieu 14,334 100.0% 0 0.0% 14,334 D+100.0
Rapides 13,238 100.0% 0 0.0% 13,238 D+100.0
Lafayette 12,989 100.0% 0 0.0% 12,989 D+100.0
St. Landry 12,956 100.0% 0 0.0% 12,956 D+100.0
Iberia 9,393 100.0% 0 0.0% 9,393 D+100.0
Tangipahoa 6,482 100.0% 0 0.0% 6,482 D+100.0
Webster 5,847 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,847 D+100.0
St. Martin 5,683 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,683 D+100.0
Lafourche 4,930 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,930 D+100.0
St. Tammany 4,624 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,624 D+100.0
Natchitoches 4,509 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,509 D+100.0
Washington 4,191 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,191 D+100.0
Vermilion 4,026 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,026 D+100.0
Jackson 3,925 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,925 D+100.0
Plaquemines 3,817 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,817 D+100.0
St. John The Baptist 3,597 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,597 D+100.0
St. Bernard 3,563 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,563 D+100.0
Avoyelles 3,299 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,299 D+100.0
Bossier 3,297 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,297 D+100.0
St. Charles 2,991 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,991 D+100.0
Livingston 2,903 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,903 D+100.0
Vernon 2,881 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,881 D+100.0
Morehouse 2,871 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,871 D+100.0
Bienville 2,844 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,844 D+100.0
Terrebonne 2,810 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,810 D+100.0
Claiborne 2,719 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,719 D+100.0
Madison 2,717 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,717 D+100.0
St. James 2,695 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,695 D+100.0
Union 2,644 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,644 D+100.0
Desoto 2,639 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,639 D+100.0
Richland 2,620 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,620 D+100.0
Iberville 2,581 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,581 D+100.0
Allen 2,544 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,544 D+100.0
Evangeline 2,528 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,528 D+100.0
Acadia 2,480 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,480 D+100.0
Grant 2,467 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,467 D+100.0
Winn 2,439 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,439 D+100.0
East Carroll 2,354 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,354 D+100.0
Pointe Coupee 2,146 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,146 D+100.0
East Feliciana 2,101 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,101 D+100.0
Lincoln 2,052 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,052 D+100.0
West Baton Rouge 1,988 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,988 D+100.0
Beauregard 1,942 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,942 D+100.0
Concordia 1,929 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,929 D+100.0
Jefferson Davis 1,874 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,874 D+100.0
St. Mary 1,836 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,836 D+100.0
Ascension 1,819 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,819 D+100.0
La Salle 1,598 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,598 D+100.0
Caldwell 1,526 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,526 D+100.0
Sabine 1,525 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,525 D+100.0
Red River 1,469 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,469 D+100.0
West Carroll 1,422 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,422 D+100.0
West Feliciana 1,343 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,343 D+100.0
Catahoula 1,330 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,330 D+100.0
Franklin 1,318 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,318 D+100.0
Assumption 1,288 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,288 D+100.0
Cameron 1,093 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,093 D+100.0
St. Helena 1,022 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,022 D+100.0
Tensas 653 100.0% 0 0.0% 653 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1968; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Louisiana governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2023 Jeff Landry (R) R+25.6
2019 John Bel Edwards (D) D+2.7
2015 John Bel Edwards (D) D+12.2
2011 Bobby Jindal (R) R+47.9
2007 Bobby Jindal (R) R+36.5
2003 Kathleen Blanco (D) D+3.9
1999 Mike Foster (R) R+32.6
1995 Mike Foster (R) R+27.0
1991 Edwin Edwards (D) D+22.3
1987 Buddy Roemer (D) D+14.6
1983 Edwin W. Edwards (D) D+25.9
1979 David Treen (R) R+0.7
1975 Edwin Edwards (D) D+62.4
1972 Edwin W. Edwards (D) D+14.3
1968 John J. McKeithen (D) D+100.0
1964 John McKeithen (D) D+22.2
1960 Jimmie H. Davis (D) D+63.5
1956 Earl K. Long (D) D+100.0
1952 Robert F. Kennon (D) D+92.0
1948 Earl K. Long (D) D+100.0
1944 Jimmie H. Davis (D) D+100.0
1940 Sam H. Jones (D) D+98.8
1936 Richard W. Leche (D) D+100.0
1932 Oscar K. Allen (D) D+99.9
1928 Huey P. Long (D) D+92.3
1924 Henry L. Fuqua (D) D+95.8
1920 John M. Parker (D) D+95.3
1916 Ruffin G. Pleasant (D) D+62.5
1912 Luther E. Hall (D) D+80.7
1908 Jared Y. Sanders Sr. (D) D+76.1
1904 Newton C. Blanchard (D) D+78.1
1900 William Wright Heard (D) D+75.1
1896 Murphy J. Foster (D) D+13.9
1892 Murphy J. Foster (D) D+27.9
1888 Francis T. Nicholls (D) D+44.9
1884 Samuel D. McEnery (D) D+34.2
1879 Louis A. Wiltz (D) D+29.4
1876 Francis T. Nicholls (D) D+5.0
1872 William Pitt Kellogg (R) R+13.8
1868 Henry C. Warmoth (R) R+63.1
1865 J. Madison Wells (other)