united states gubernatorial elections, 1968
races
Table:
State
Incumbent
Party
Status
Opposing Candidates

Arizona
Jack Richard Williams
Republican
Re-elected, 57.84%
Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr. (Democratic) 42.16%[21]

Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Republican
Re-elected, 52.43%
Marion Crank (Democratic) 47.57%[22]

Delaware
Charles L. Terry, Jr.
Democratic
Defeated, 49.49%
Russell W. Peterson (Republican) 50.51%[23]

Illinois
Samuel H. Shapiro
Democratic
Lost election to get his own term, 48.37%
Richard B. Ogilvie (Republican) 51.21%
Edward C. Gross (Socialist Labor) 0.43%[24]

Indiana
Roger D. Branigin
Democratic
Term-limited, Republican victory
Edgar Whitcomb (Republican) 52.72%
Robert L. Rock (Democratic) 47.13%
Melvin E. Hawk (Prohibition) 0.15%[25]

Iowa
Harold Hughes
Democratic
Retired to run for the Senate,[26] Republican victory
Robert D. Ray (Republican) 54.06%
Paul Franzenburg (Democratic) 45.86%
Harry Miller (Prohibition) 0.08%[27]

Kansas
Robert Docking
Democratic
Re-elected, 51.86%
Rick Harman (Republican) 47.62%
Marshall Uncapher (Prohibition) 0.53%[28]

Missouri
Warren E. Hearnes
Democratic
Re-elected, 60.80%
Lawrence K. Roos (Republican) 39.20%[29]

Montana
Tim M. Babcock
Republican
Defeated, 41.87%
Forrest H. Anderson (Democratic) 54.11%
Wayne Montgomery (New Reform) 4.03%[30]

New Hampshire
John W. King
Democratic
Retired, Republican victory
Walter R. Peterson, Jr. (Republican) 52.53%
Emile R. Bussiere (Democratic) 47.44%
Others 0.02%[31]

New Mexico
David Cargo
Republican
Re-elected, 50.21%
Fabian Chavez, Jr. (Democratic) 49.29%
Jose Maestes (People's Constitutional) 0.48%
Others 0.02%[32]

North Carolina
Dan K. Moore
Democratic
Term-limited, Democratic victory
Robert W. Scott (Democratic) 52.70%
James Carson Gardner (Republican) 47.30%[33]

North Dakota
William L. Guy
Democratic-NPL
Re-elected, 54.82%
Robert P. McCarney (Republican) 43.70%
Leo Landsberger (Taxpayers Revival Ticket) 1.48%[34]

Rhode Island
John Chafee
Republican
Defeated, 48.98%
Frank Licht (Democratic) 51.02%[35]

South Dakota
Nils Boe
Republican
Retired, Republican victory
Frank Farrar (Republican) 57.65%
Robert Chamberlin (Democratic) 42.35%[36]

Texas
John Connally
Democratic
Retired, Democratic victory
Preston Smith (Democratic) 56.99%
Paul Eggers (Republican) 43.01%[37]

Utah
Calvin L. Rampton
Democratic
Re-elected, 68.71%
Carl W. Buehner (Republican) 31.29%[38]

Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Democratic
Retired, Republican victory
Deane C. Davis (Republican) 55.49%
John J. Daley (Democratic) 44.48%[39]

Washington
Daniel J. Evans
Republican
Re-elected, 54.72%
John J. O'Connell (Democratic) 44.28%
Ken Chriswell (Conservative) 0.91%
Henry Killman (Socialist Labor) 0.09%[40]

West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Democratic
Term-limited, Republican victory
Arch A. Moore, Jr. (Republican) 50.86%
James M. Sprouse (Democratic) 49.14%[41]

Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Republican
Re-elected, 52.88%
Bronson Cutting La Follette (Democratic) 46.82%
Adolf Wiggert (Socialist Labor) 0.19%
Robert Wilkinson (Socialist Workers) 0.11%[42]

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