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County results Dole: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Robinson: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Kansas |
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The 1968 United States Senate election in Kansas took place on November 5, 1968, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Frank Carlson did not run for re-election.
Republican nominee Bob Dole defeated Democratic nominee William I. Robinson with 60.08% of the vote.
Primary elections were held on August 6, 1968.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William I. Robinson | 56,242 | 40.90 | |
Democratic | James Kenneth Logan | 50,709 | 36.88 | |
Democratic | K. L. "Ken" Smith | 13,698 | 9.96 | |
Democratic | George A. Lopez | 9,386 | 6.83 | |
Democratic | Irene Corn | 7,474 | 5.44 | |
Total votes | 137,509 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole | 190,782 | 68.48 | |
Republican | William H. Avery | 87,801 | 31.52 | |
Total votes | 278,583 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Dole | 490,911 | 60.08 | |
Democratic | William I. Robinson | 315,911 | 38.66 | |
Prohibition | Joseph Fred Hyskell | 10,262 | 1.26 | |
None | Scattering | 12 | 0.00 | |
Majority | 175,000 | 21.42 | ||
Turnout | 817,096 | |||
Republican hold |
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