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Election 1968 Results

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1968 US Senate election in New Hampshire

Norris Cotton (Republican) beat John W. King (Democrat) in New Hampshire in 1968, 59.3% to 40.7%, a margin of 18.6 points and 53,347 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1962, when Norris Cotton also won.

Republicans led in 9 of the 10 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Hillsborough, cast 89,660 votes and went to the Republican by 4.9 points. The closest was Coos, where 701 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Norris Cotton won Republican 170,163 59.3%
John W. King Democratic 116,816 40.7%
All other candidates 10 0.0%
Total286,989

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hillsborough 42,636 47.6% 47,024 52.4% 89,660 R+4.9
Rockingham 17,455 34.9% 32,509 65.1% 49,964 R+30.1
Merrimack 11,712 36.5% 20,357 63.5% 3 32,072 R+27.0
Strafford 11,262 44.7% 13,927 55.3% 2 25,191 R+10.6
Grafton 6,523 31.1% 14,432 68.9% 20,955 R+37.7
Cheshire 7,771 40.1% 11,588 59.9% 1 19,360 R+19.7
Coos 7,847 52.3% 7,146 47.7% 14,993 D+4.7
Belknap 4,517 32.8% 9,265 67.2% 1 13,783 R+34.4
Sullivan 5,338 44.5% 6,652 55.5% 3 11,993 R+11.0
Carroll 1,755 19.5% 7,263 80.5% 9,018 R+61.1

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.

New Hampshire Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Maggie Hassan (D) D+9.1
2020 Jeanne Shaheen (D) D+15.6
2016 Maggie Hassan (D) D+0.1
2014 Jeanne Shaheen (D) D+3.2
2010 Kelly Ayotte (R) R+23.2
2008 Jeanne Shaheen (D) D+6.3
2004 Judd Gregg (R) R+32.5
2002 John Sununu (R) R+4.4
1998 Judd Gregg (R) R+39.6
1996 Bob Smith (R) R+3.0
1992 Judd Gregg (R) R+2.8
1990 Robert C. Smith (R) R+33.8
1986 Warren B. Rudman (R) R+30.6
1984 Gordon J. Humphrey (R) R+17.8
1980 Warren Rudman (R) R+4.3
1978 Gordon J. Humphrey (R) R+2.2
1974 John A. Durkin (D) level
1972 Thomas J. McIntyre (D) D+13.8
1968 Norris Cotton (R) R+18.6
1966 Thomas McIntyre (D) D+8.1
1962 Norris Cotton (R) R+19.4
1960 Styles Bridges (R) R+20.7
1956 Norris Cotton (R) R+28.1
1954 Styles Bridges (R) R+20.4
1950 Charles W. Tobey (R) R+17.8
1948 Styles Bridges (R) R+17.0
1944 Charles W. Tobey (R) R+1.9
1942 Styles Bridges (R) R+9.2
1938 Charles W. Tobey (R) R+8.5
1936 Styles Bridges (R) R+4.2
1932 Fred H. Brown (D) D+1.1
1930 Henry W. Keyes (R) R+16.0
1926 George H. Moses (R) R+24.6
1924 Henry W. Keyes (R) R+19.5
1920 George H. Moses (R) R+16.1
1918 Henry W. Keyes (R) R+7.1
1914 Jacob Gallinger (R) R+7.0