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Election 1968 Results

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1968 US Senate election in Louisiana

Russell B. Long (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 1962, when Russell B. Long also won.

Democrats led in 64 of the 64 counties as they stood then. The largest, Orleans, cast 100,213 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Winn, where 343 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Russell B. Long won Democratic 518,586 100.0%
Total518,586

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Orleans 100,213 100.0% 0 0.0% 100,213 D+100.0
East Baton Rouge 56,789 100.0% 0 0.0% 56,789 D+100.0
Jefferson 48,748 100.0% 0 0.0% 48,748 D+100.0
Caddo 39,701 100.0% 0 0.0% 39,701 D+100.0
Calcasieu 29,575 100.0% 0 0.0% 29,575 D+100.0
Lafayette 13,196 100.0% 0 0.0% 13,196 D+100.0
Tangipahoa 11,912 100.0% 0 0.0% 11,912 D+100.0
Rapides 11,278 100.0% 0 0.0% 11,278 D+100.0
St. Tammany 10,649 100.0% 0 0.0% 10,649 D+100.0
Acadia 10,058 100.0% 0 0.0% 10,058 D+100.0
Ouachita 9,905 100.0% 0 0.0% 9,905 D+100.0
St. Landry 9,677 100.0% 0 0.0% 9,677 D+100.0
Bossier 8,773 100.0% 0 0.0% 8,773 D+100.0
Vermilion 8,432 100.0% 0 0.0% 8,432 D+100.0
St. Bernard 8,207 100.0% 0 0.0% 8,207 D+100.0
Washington 8,080 100.0% 0 0.0% 8,080 D+100.0
Livingston 8,066 100.0% 0 0.0% 8,066 D+100.0
Webster 6,277 100.0% 0 0.0% 6,277 D+100.0
Jefferson Davis 6,119 100.0% 0 0.0% 6,119 D+100.0
Lafourche 5,641 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,641 D+100.0
Ascension 5,260 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,260 D+100.0
St. Charles 5,247 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,247 D+100.0
Evangeline 5,241 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,241 D+100.0
Terrebonne 5,100 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,100 D+100.0
Iberia 4,619 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,619 D+100.0
Allen 4,291 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,291 D+100.0
Beauregard 4,001 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,001 D+100.0
Morehouse 3,980 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,980 D+100.0
Iberville 3,866 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,866 D+100.0
St. Mary 3,716 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,716 D+100.0
Avoyelles 3,244 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,244 D+100.0
Natchitoches 3,111 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,111 D+100.0
Plaquemines 2,915 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,915 D+100.0
St. John The Baptist 2,736 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,736 D+100.0
Jackson 2,658 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,658 D+100.0
St. James 2,583 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,583 D+100.0
Bienville 2,577 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,577 D+100.0
Vernon 2,521 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,521 D+100.0
Pointe Coupee 2,495 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,495 D+100.0
Desoto 2,431 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,431 D+100.0
West Baton Rouge 2,401 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,401 D+100.0
Claiborne 2,303 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,303 D+100.0
Lincoln 2,236 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,236 D+100.0
Sabine 2,075 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,075 D+100.0
St. Martin 2,014 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,014 D+100.0
Richland 1,826 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,826 D+100.0
East Feliciana 1,761 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,761 D+100.0
Franklin 1,732 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,732 D+100.0
Cameron 1,627 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,627 D+100.0
Red River 1,621 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,621 D+100.0
Grant 1,611 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,611 D+100.0
La Salle 1,521 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,521 D+100.0
West Feliciana 1,519 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,519 D+100.0
Concordia 1,453 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,453 D+100.0
Union 1,372 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,372 D+100.0
Assumption 1,330 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,330 D+100.0
St. Helena 1,153 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,153 D+100.0
West Carroll 1,013 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,013 D+100.0
Madison 986 100.0% 0 0.0% 986 D+100.0
Tensas 756 100.0% 0 0.0% 756 D+100.0
Catahoula 739 100.0% 0 0.0% 739 D+100.0
Caldwell 709 100.0% 0 0.0% 709 D+100.0
East Carroll 597 100.0% 0 0.0% 597 D+100.0
Winn 343 100.0% 0 0.0% 343 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 Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 John Kennedy (R) R+43.7
2020 Bill Cassidy (R) R+40.3
2016 John Neely Kennedy (R) R+21.3
2014 Bill Cassidy (R) R+11.9
2010 David Vitter (R) R+18.9
2008 Mary L. Landrieu (D) D+6.4
2004 David Vitter (R) R+21.7
2002 Mary Landrieu (D) D+3.4
1998 John Breaux (D) D+32.4
1996 Mary Landrieu (D) D+0.3
1992 John Breaux (D) D+64.8
1990 J. Bennett Johnston (D) D+10.5
1986 John B. Breaux (D) D+5.6
1984 J. Bennett Johnston (D) D+76.9
1980 Russell B. Long (D) D+55.9
1978 J. Bennett Johnston (D) D+59.4
1974 Russell B. Long (D) D+100.0
1972 J. Bennett Johnston (D) D+36.1
1968 Russell B. Long (D) D+100.0
1966 Allen J. Ellender (D) D+100.0
1962 Russell B. Long (D) D+51.1
1960 Allen J. Ellender (D) D+59.5
1956 Russell B. Long (D) D+100.0
1954 Allen J. Ellender (D) D+100.0
1950 Russell B. Long (D) D+75.4
1948 Allen J. Ellender (D) D+100.0
1944 John H. Overton (D) D+100.0
1942 Allen J. Ellender (D) D+100.0
1938 John H. Overton (D) D+99.8
1936 Allen J. Ellender (D) D+100.0
1932 John H. Overton (D) D+100.0
1930 Huey Long (D) D+100.0
1926 Edwin S. Broussard (D) D+100.0
1924 Joseph Ransdell (D) D+100.0
1920 Edwin S. Broussard (D) D+100.0
1918 Joseph Ransdell (D) D+100.0