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1968 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania

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Field	Value
election_name	1968 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
country	Pennsylvania
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1962 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
previous_year	1962
next_election	1974 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
next_year	1974
election_date	November 5, 1968
image_size	x150px
image1	Sen Richard Schweiker.jpg
nominee1	Richard Schweiker
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	2,399,762
percentage1	51.90%
image2	Sen Joe Clark.jpg
nominee2	Joseph S. Clark Jr.
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	2,117,662
percentage2	45.80%
map_image	1968 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania results map by county.svg
map_size	260px
map_caption	County results
Schweiker:
Clark:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Joseph S. Clark, Jr.
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Richard Schweiker
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Schweiker:
Clark:
The 1968 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 5, 1968. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph S. Clark Jr. sought re-election to a third term but was defeated by Republican U.S. Representative Richard Schweiker. This election marked the last time that an incumbent Senator lost re-election to this seat.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Joseph S. Clark Jr., incumbent U.S. Senator since 1957
John Herman Dent, U.S. Representative from Greensburg

General election

Candidates

Pearl Chertov (Socialist Workers)
Joseph S. Clark Jr., incumbent U.S. Senator since 1957 (Democratic)
Frank W. Gaydosh (Constitution)
Benson Perry (Socialist Labor)
Richard Schweiker, U.S. Representative from Norristown (Republican)

Results

References

"Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 5, 1968". Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House.

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