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Election 1968 Results

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1968 US Senate election in California

Alan Cranston (Democrat) beat Max Rafferty (Republican) in California in 1968, 51.8% to 46.9%, a margin of 4.9 points and 339,582 votes.

California changed party: in 1962 it went Republican, for Thomas Kuchel.

Democrats led in 38 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 20. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 2,613,002 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.3 points. The closest was Alpine, where 18 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Alan Cranston won Democratic 3,615,261 51.8%
Max Rafferty Republican 3,275,679 46.9%
All other candidates 91,254 1.3%
Total6,982,194

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 1,344,953 51.5% 1,232,231 47.2% 35,818 2,613,002 D+4.3
Orange 187,166 38.0% 301,053 61.1% 4,776 492,995 R+23.1
San Diego 192,336 41.9% 261,478 57.0% 5,141 458,955 R+15.1
Alameda 236,757 59.1% 156,934 39.2% 7,035 400,726 D+19.9
Santa Clara 217,059 61.8% 128,494 36.6% 5,563 351,116 D+25.2
San Francisco 191,173 67.1% 88,647 31.1% 5,293 285,113 D+36.0
Sacramento 136,156 59.2% 90,919 39.6% 2,791 229,866 D+19.7
San Bernardino 104,268 47.5% 112,694 51.3% 2,583 219,545 R+3.8
San Mateo 127,171 58.3% 88,801 40.7% 2,252 218,224 D+17.6
Contra Costa 116,698 54.4% 95,657 44.6% 2,204 214,559 D+9.8
Riverside 73,892 47.7% 79,224 51.2% 1,735 154,851 R+3.4
Fresno 69,904 52.2% 61,762 46.1% 2,269 133,935 D+6.1
Ventura 56,170 49.0% 57,171 49.9% 1,218 114,559 R+0.9
Kern 51,538 47.0% 56,852 51.9% 1,202 109,592 R+4.8
San Joaquin 48,831 51.6% 45,085 47.6% 803 94,719 D+4.0
Santa Barbara 42,263 45.8% 49,018 53.1% 1,068 92,349 R+7.3
Marin 46,314 56.8% 33,874 41.6% 1,320 81,508 D+15.3
Sonoma 38,375 50.1% 37,319 48.7% 894 76,588 D+1.4
Monterey 32,181 49.7% 31,849 49.1% 782 64,812 D+0.5
Stanislaus 35,853 58.2% 25,183 40.9% 596 61,632 D+17.3
Tulare 24,807 45.5% 29,235 53.6% 536 54,578 R+8.1
Solano 29,182 60.0% 18,790 38.7% 627 48,599 D+21.4
Santa Cruz 24,740 51.2% 22,967 47.5% 641 48,348 D+3.7
Butte 15,059 40.0% 21,910 58.3% 632 37,601 R+18.2
San Luis Obispo 18,268 49.6% 18,082 49.0% 517 36,867 D+0.5
Humboldt 18,364 52.1% 16,228 46.0% 687 35,279 D+6.1
Napa 17,800 55.5% 13,992 43.6% 286 32,078 D+11.9
Placer 16,631 57.2% 12,158 41.8% 301 29,090 D+15.4
Shasta 17,556 60.8% 10,997 38.1% 320 28,873 D+22.7
Yolo 18,224 63.8% 10,030 35.1% 297 28,551 D+28.7
Merced 14,992 57.1% 10,890 41.5% 374 26,256 D+15.6
Imperial 8,670 43.1% 11,219 55.8% 207 20,096 R+12.7
Mendocino 9,581 53.5% 8,149 45.5% 184 17,914 D+8.0
Kings 9,490 54.1% 7,859 44.8% 188 17,537 D+9.3
El Dorado 7,778 51.2% 7,236 47.7% 163 15,177 D+3.6
Sutter 5,830 40.9% 8,246 57.9% 162 14,238 R+17.0
Madera 7,499 54.2% 6,188 44.7% 151 13,838 D+9.5
Siskiyou 7,922 58.5% 5,441 40.2% 176 13,539 D+18.3
Nevada 5,644 48.3% 5,947 50.9% 92 11,683 R+2.6
Yuba 5,331 49.0% 5,434 49.9% 122 10,887 R+0.9
Tehama 5,783 53.2% 4,975 45.8% 110 10,868 D+7.4
Lake 4,282 47.5% 4,663 51.7% 73 9,018 R+4.2
Tuolumne 4,599 52.6% 4,066 46.5% 76 8,741 D+6.1
Glenn 3,101 44.0% 3,870 54.9% 78 7,049 R+10.9
Inyo 2,854 43.1% 3,702 55.9% 65 6,621 R+12.8
Lassen 3,797 62.0% 2,251 36.7% 78 6,126 D+25.2
San Benito 3,276 56.1% 2,530 43.3% 38 5,844 D+12.8
Calaveras 2,675 46.5% 3,031 52.7% 42 5,748 R+6.2
Plumas 3,744 67.0% 1,778 31.8% 63 5,585 D+35.2
Amador 2,933 54.9% 2,360 44.2% 52 5,345 D+10.7
Del Norte 2,262 46.5% 2,554 52.5% 49 4,865 R+6.0
Colusa 2,248 51.5% 2,070 47.4% 47 4,365 D+4.1
Trinity 1,701 52.2% 1,510 46.3% 49 3,260 D+5.9
Modoc 1,730 53.6% 1,441 44.7% 55 3,226 D+9.0
Mariposa 1,430 48.1% 1,507 50.7% 34 2,971 R+2.6
Mono 649 37.4% 1,057 60.9% 31 1,737 R+23.5
Sierra 733 62.4% 429 36.5% 12 1,174 D+25.9
Alpine 129 52.2% 111 44.9% 7 247 D+7.3

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.

California Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Adam B. Schiff (D) D+17.7
2022 Alex Padilla (D) D+22.1
2018 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+54.2
2016 Kamala Harris (D) D+61.6
2012 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+25.0
2010 Barbara Boxer (D) D+10.0
2006 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+24.4
2004 Barbara Boxer (D) D+19.9
2000 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+19.3
1998 Barbara Boxer (D) D+10.0
1994 Dianne Feinstein (D) D+1.9
1992 Barbara Boxer (D) D+4.9
1988 Pete Wilson (R) R+8.8
1986 Alan Cranston (D) D+1.4
1982 Pete Wilson (R) R+6.8
1980 Alan Cranston (D) D+19.4
1976 S. I. Hayakawa (R) R+3.3
1974 Alan Cranston (D) D+24.3
1970 John V. Tunney (D) D+9.5
1968 Alan Cranston (D) D+4.9
1964 George Murphy (R) R+3.1
1962 Thomas Kuchel (R) R+12.9
1958 Clair Engle (D) D+14.1
1956 Thomas Kuchel (R) R+8.3
1952 William Knowland (R) R+87.8
1950 Richard M. Nixon (R) R+18.5
1946 William F. Knowland (R) R+9.9
1944 Sheridan Downey (D) D+4.6
1940 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+82.5
1938 Sheridan Downey (D) D+9.8
1934 Hiram Johnson (R) R+94.5
1932 William Gibbs McAdoo (D) D+12.6
1928 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+55.9
1926 Samuel M. Shortridge (R) R+26.2
1922 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+38.4
1920 Samuel M. Shortridge (R) R+8.3
1916 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+31.6
1914 James D. Phelan (D) D+2.9