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1966 Elections

Midterm

2 offices contested.

1966

Balance of Power

48.1%Popular Vote50.7%

26,778,930 votes

45.0%Popular Vote50.7%

41,451,696 votes

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U.S. Senate

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33 contests|D won 15|R won 18

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	SparkmanDEM	60.1%	482,138	GrenierREP	39.0%	312,918	D+21.1	↓ R+19.4
▶	Colorado	AllottREP	58.0%	368,307	RomerDEM	41.9%	266,259	R+16.1	↓ R+8.6
▶	Delaware	BoggsREP	59.1%	97,268	TunnellDEM	40.9%	67,263	R+18.2	↓ R+16.8
▶	Georgia	RussellDEM	100.0%	628,043	—	—	—	D+100.0	↑ D+0.1
▶	Idaho	JordanREP	55.4%	139,819	HardingDEM	44.6%	112,637	R+10.8	↓ R+6.3
▶	Illinois	PercyREP	55.0%	2,100,449	DouglasDEM	43.9%	1,678,147	R+11.1	↓ R+20.5
▶	Iowa	MillerREP	60.9%	522,339	SmithDEM	37.8%	324,114	R+23.1	↓ R+19.3
▶	Kansas	PearsonREP	52.1%	350,077	BreedingDEM	45.2%	303,223	R+7.0	↑ D+3.9
▶	Kentucky	CooperREP	64.5%	483,805	BrownDEM	35.5%	265,979	R+29.1	↓ R+10.7
▶	Louisiana	EllenderDEM	100.0%	437,695	—	—	—	D+100.0	↑ D+40.5
▶	Maine	SmithREP	59.0%	188,291	VioletteDEM	41.0%	131,136	R+17.9	↑ D+5.4
▶	Massachusetts	BrookeREP	60.7%	1,213,473	PeabodyDEM	38.7%	774,761	R+21.9	↓ R+9.2
▶	Michigan	GriffinREP	55.9%	1,363,530	WilliamsDEM	43.8%	1,069,484	R+12.1	↓ R+15.8
▶	Minnesota	MondaleDEM	53.5%	597,052	ForsytheREP	45.6%	508,916	D+7.9	↓ R+7.4
▶	Mississippi	EastlandDEM	65.6%	258,249	WalkerREP	26.7%	105,150	D+38.9	↓ R+44.7
▶	Montana	MetcalfDEM	53.2%	138,166	BabcockREP	46.8%	121,697	D+6.3	↑ D+4.9
▶	Nebraska	CurtisREP	61.2%	296,126	MorrisonDEM	38.8%	187,950	R+22.4	↓ R+4.5
▶	New Hampshire	McIntyreDEM	54.0%	123,888	ThyngREP	45.9%	105,241	D+8.1	↑ D+28.8
▶	New Jersey	CaseREP	60.0%	1,278,843	WilentzDEM	37.0%	788,021	R+23.0	↓ R+10.6
▶	New Mexico	AndersonDEM	53.1%	137,205	CarterREP	46.9%	120,988	D+6.3	↓ R+20.6
▶	North Carolina	JordanDEM	57.5%	542,366	ShallcrossREP	42.5%	400,502	D+15.1	↓ R+7.8
▶	Oklahoma	HarrisDEM	53.7%	343,157	PattersonREP	46.3%	295,585	D+7.5	↓ R+2.8
▶	Oregon	HatfieldREP	51.7%	354,391	DuncanDEM	48.2%	330,374	R+3.5	↓ R+12.7
▶	Rhode Island	PellDEM	67.7%	219,331	BriggsREP	32.3%	104,838	D+35.3	↓ R+2.5
▶	South Carolina	ThurmondREP	62.2%	271,297	MorrahDEM	37.8%	164,955	R+24.4	↓ R+124.3
▶	South Carolina(S)	HollingsDEM	51.4%	223,790	ParkerREP	48.6%	212,032	D+2.7	↓ R+97.3
▶	South Dakota	MundtREP	66.3%	150,517	WrightDEM	33.7%	76,563	R+32.6	↓ R+27.7
▶	Tennessee	BakerREP	55.7%	483,063	ClementDEM	44.3%	383,843	R+11.4	↓ R+54.9
▶	Texas	TowerREP	56.4%	842,501	CarrDEM	43.1%	643,855	R+13.3	↓ R+30.2
▶	Virginia	SpongDEM	58.6%	429,855	OuldREP	33.5%	245,681	D+25.1	↓ R+56.2
▶	Virginia(S)	ByrdDEM	53.3%	389,028	TraylorREP	37.4%	272,804	D+15.9	↓ R+65.3
▶	West Virginia	RandolphDEM	59.5%	292,325	LoveREP	40.5%	198,891	D+19.0	↑ D+8.3
▶	Wyoming	HansenREP	51.8%	63,548	RoncalioDEM	48.2%	59,143	R+3.6	↑ D+9.2

Governor

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34 contests|D won 10|R won 23|Other 1

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	WallaceDEM	63.4%	537,505	MartinREP	31.0%	262,943	D+32.4	↓ R+63.9
▶	Arizona	WilliamsREP	53.8%	203,438	GoddardDEM	46.2%	174,904	R+7.5	↑ D+2.1
▶	Arkansas	RockefellerREP	54.4%	306,324	JohnsonDEM	45.6%	257,203	R+8.7	↓ R+55.3
▶	California	ReaganREP	57.5%	3,742,913	BrownDEM	42.3%	2,749,183	R+15.3	↓ R+20.4
▶	Colorado	LoveREP	54.0%	356,730	KnousDEM	43.5%	287,132	R+10.5	↑ D+3.5
▶	Connecticut	DempseyDEM	55.7%	561,599	GengrasREP	44.3%	446,536	D+11.4	↑ D+5.0
▶	Florida	KirkREP	55.1%	821,190	HighDEM	44.9%	668,233	R+10.3	—
▶	Georgia	CallawayREP	47.8%	453,665	MaddoxDEM	47.4%	450,626	R+0.3	↓ R+100.3
▶	Hawaii	OtherOTH	75.6%	161,062	BurnsDEM	13.7%	29,098	D+2.9	↓ R+11.1
▶	Idaho	SamuelsonREP	41.4%	104,586	AndrusDEM	37.1%	93,744	R+4.3	↑ D+5.0
▶	Iowa	HughesDEM	55.3%	494,259	MurrayREP	44.2%	394,518	D+11.2	↑ D+6.0
▶	Kansas	DockingDEM	54.8%	380,030	AveryREP	43.9%	304,325	D+10.9	↑ D+18.7
▶	Maine	CurtisDEM	53.1%	172,036	ReedREP	46.9%	151,802	D+6.3	↑ D+6.4
▶	Maryland	AgnewREP	49.5%	455,318	MahoneyDEM	40.6%	373,543	R+8.9	↓ R+20.2
▶	Massachusetts	VolpeREP	62.6%	1,277,358	McCormackDEM	36.9%	752,720	R+25.7	↓ R+26.0
▶	Michigan	RomneyREP	60.5%	1,490,430	FerencyDEM	39.1%	963,383	R+21.4	↓ R+18.5
▶	Minnesota	LevanderREP	52.5%	680,593	RolvaagDEM	46.9%	607,943	R+5.6	↓ R+5.6
▶	Nebraska	TiemannREP	61.5%	299,245	SorensenDEM	38.5%	186,985	R+23.1	↓ R+27.6
▶	Nevada	LaxaltREP	52.2%	71,807	SawyerDEM	47.8%	65,870	R+4.3	↓ R+38.0
▶	New Hampshire	KingDEM	53.9%	125,882	OtherOTH	31.6%	73,709	D+39.3	↑ D+21.5
▶	New Mexico	CargoREP	51.7%	134,625	LuskDEM	48.3%	125,587	R+3.5	↓ R+9.4
▶	New York	RockefellerREP	44.6%	2,690,026	O'ConnorDEM	38.1%	2,298,363	R+6.5	↑ D+2.6
▶	Ohio	RhodesREP	62.2%	1,795,277	ReamsDEM	37.8%	1,092,054	R+24.4	↓ R+6.5
▶	Oklahoma	BartlettREP	55.7%	377,078	MooreDEM	43.8%	296,328	R+11.9	↓ R+1.1
▶	Oregon	McCallREP	55.3%	377,346	StraubDEM	44.7%	305,008	R+10.6	↑ D+2.0
▶	Pennsylvania	ShaferREP	52.1%	2,110,349	ShappDEM	46.1%	1,868,719	R+6.0	↑ D+5.1
▶	Rhode Island	ChafeeREP	63.3%	210,202	HobbsDEM	36.7%	121,862	R+26.6	↓ R+26.5
▶	South Carolina	McNairDEM	58.2%	255,854	RogersREP	41.8%	184,088	D+16.3	↓ R+83.7
▶	South Dakota	BoeREP	57.7%	131,710	ChamerlinDEM	42.3%	96,504	R+15.4	↓ R+3.2
▶	Tennessee	EllingtonDEM	81.2%	532,998	OtherOTH	18.8%	123,568	D+81.2	↑ D+46.4
▶	Texas	ConnallyDEM	72.8%	1,037,517	KennerlyREP	25.8%	368,025	D+47.0	↑ D+38.5
▶	Vermont	HoffDEM	57.7%	78,669	SnellingREP	42.3%	57,577	D+15.5	↑ D+18.6
▶	Wisconsin	KnowlesREP	53.5%	626,041	LuceyDEM	46.1%	539,258	R+7.4	↓ R+8.4
▶	Wyoming	HathawayREP	54.3%	65,624	WilkersonDEM	45.7%	55,249	R+8.6	↑ D+0.4

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