The 1968 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 5, 1968. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator J. Lister Hill retired. He was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor of Alabama James Allen, who won a hotly contested primary over Armistead I. Selden Jr. In the general election, Allen easily defeated Republican Probate Judge Perry O. Hooper Sr. and National Democratic nominee Robert Schwenn.
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County results Allen: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Hooper: 40-50% Schwenn: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Democratic primary
editCandidates
edit- James B. Allen, Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
- John G. Crommelin, retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and white supremacist
- Jim Folsom, former Governor of Alabama
- Armistead I. Selden Jr., U.S. Representative from Greensboro
- Bob Smith, Huntsville attorney
- Margaret Stewart, genealogist and historian
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James B. Allen | 224,483 | 41.88% | |
Democratic | Armistead I. Selden Jr. | 190,283 | 35.50% | |
Democratic | Bob Smith | 72,928 | 13.61% | |
Democratic | Jim Folsom | 32,004 | 5.97% | |
Democratic | John G. Crommelin | 10,926 | 2.04% | |
Democratic | Margaret Stewart | 5,368 | 1.00% | |
Total votes | 535,992 | 100.00% |
Run-off
editBecause no candidate received a majority in the first round, Allen and Selden advanced to a run-off election on June 4.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James B. Allen | 196,511 | 50.52% | |
Democratic | Armistead I. Selden Jr. | 192,448 | 49.48% | |
Total votes | 388,959 | 100.00% |
General election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | James B. Allen | 638,774 | 69.99% | 19.13 | |
Republican | Perry O. Hooper Sr. | 201,227 | 22.05% | 27.09 | |
National Democratic (Ala.) | Robert P. Schwenn | 72,699 | 7.97% | N/A | |
Total votes | 912,700 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold |
General election results by county
editCounty | James Browning Allen Democratic |
Perry Oliver Hooper senior Republican |
Robert P. Schwenn National Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Autauga | 4,368 | 60.84% | 1,629 | 22.69% | 1,183 | 16.48% | 2,739 | 38.15% | 7,180 |
Baldwin | 13,111 | 80.60% | 3,030 | 18.63% | 125 | 0.77% | 10,081 | 61.98% | 16,266 |
Barbour | 5,451 | 75.23% | 496 | 6.85% | 1,299 | 17.93% | 4,152[a] | 57.30% | 7,246 |
Bibb | 3,609 | 80.11% | 314 | 6.97% | 582 | 12.92% | 3,027[a] | 67.19% | 4,505 |
Blount | 5,914 | 72.84% | 2,182 | 26.88% | 23 | 0.28% | 3,732 | 45.97% | 8,119 |
Bullock | 1,914 | 47.47% | 518 | 12.85% | 1,600 | 39.68% | 314[a] | 7.79% | 4,032 |
Butler | 3,558 | 60.92% | 2,069 | 35.43% | 213 | 3.65% | 1,489 | 25.50% | 5,840 |
Calhoun | 20,377 | 79.46% | 3,347 | 13.05% | 1,921 | 7.49% | 17,030 | 66.41% | 25,645 |
Chambers | 7,953 | 85.80% | 1,091 | 11.77% | 225 | 2.43% | 6,862 | 74.03% | 9,269 |
Cherokee | 4,743 | 92.85% | 318 | 6.23% | 47 | 0.92% | 4,425 | 86.63% | 5,108 |
Chilton | 5,154 | 62.52% | 2,743 | 33.27% | 347 | 4.21% | 2,411 | 29.25% | 8,244 |
Choctaw | 3,742 | 94.26% | 181 | 4.56% | 47 | 1.18% | 3,561 | 89.70% | 3,970 |
Clarke | 5,139 | 85.54% | 760 | 12.65% | 109 | 1.81% | 4,379 | 72.89% | 6,008 |
Clay | 4,013 | 84.61% | 689 | 14.53% | 41 | 0.86% | 3,324 | 70.08% | 4,743 |
Cleburne | 3,440 | 87.33% | 484 | 12.29% | 15 | 0.38% | 2,956 | 75.04% | 3,939 |
Coffee | 8,620 | 87.19% | 1,077 | 10.89% | 189 | 1.91% | 7,543 | 76.30% | 9,886 |
Colbert | 11,112 | 76.78% | 2,060 | 14.23% | 1,300 | 8.98% | 9,052 | 62.55% | 14,472 |
Conecuh | 3,529 | 85.55% | 544 | 13.19% | 52 | 1.26% | 2,985 | 72.36% | 4,125 |
Coosa | 2,661 | 73.53% | 492 | 13.59% | 466 | 12.88% | 2,169 | 59.93% | 3,619 |
Covington | 8,825 | 74.33% | 2,871 | 24.18% | 176 | 1.48% | 5,954 | 50.15% | 11,872 |
Crenshaw | 3,668 | 74.92% | 949 | 19.38% | 279 | 5.70% | 2,719 | 55.54% | 4,896 |
Cullman | 11,134 | 67.60% | 5,225 | 31.72% | 111 | 0.67% | 5,909 | 35.88% | 16,470 |
Dale | 7,861 | 86.07% | 941 | 10.30% | 331 | 3.62% | 6,920 | 75.77% | 9,133 |
Dallas | 7,507 | 57.07% | 2,444 | 18.58% | 3,202 | 24.34% | 4,305[a] | 32.73% | 13,153 |
DeKalb | 8,998 | 62.66% | 5,340 | 37.18% | 23 | 0.16% | 3,658 | 25.47% | 14,361 |
Elmore | 7,552 | 72.07% | 2,284 | 21.80% | 643 | 6.14% | 5,268 | 50.27% | 10,479 |
Escambia | 8,110 | 88.82% | 956 | 10.47% | 65 | 0.71% | 7,154 | 78.35% | 9,131 |
Etowah | 23,759 | 79.69% | 4,425 | 14.84% | 1,629 | 5.46% | 19,334 | 64.85% | 29,813 |
Fayette | 4,757 | 85.30% | 792 | 14.20% | 28 | 0.50% | 3,965 | 71.10% | 5,577 |
Franklin | 5,734 | 67.32% | 2,579 | 30.28% | 205 | 2.41% | 3,155 | 37.04% | 8,518 |
Geneva | 7,798 | 92.07% | 406 | 4.79% | 266 | 3.14% | 7,392 | 87.27% | 8,470 |
Greene | 1,544 | 40.04% | 181 | 4.69% | 2,131 | 55.26% | -587[a] | -15.22% | 3,856 |
Hale | 2,765 | 53.94% | 418 | 8.15% | 1,943 | 37.90% | 822[a] | 16.04% | 5,126 |
Henry | 4,003 | 84.86% | 157 | 3.33% | 557 | 11.81% | 3,446[a] | 73.05% | 4,717 |
Houston | 14,815 | 89.46% | 1,396 | 8.43% | 350 | 2.11% | 13,419 | 81.03% | 16,561 |
Jackson | 8,327 | 87.08% | 1,086 | 11.36% | 150 | 1.57% | 7,241 | 75.72% | 9,563 |
Jefferson | 94,603 | 59.26% | 53,094 | 33.26% | 11,943 | 7.48% | 41,509 | 26.00% | 159,640 |
Lamar | 5,263 | 92.72% | 334 | 5.88% | 79 | 1.39% | 4,929 | 86.84% | 5,676 |
Lauderdale | 12,421 | 74.89% | 3,414 | 20.58% | 750 | 4.52% | 9,007 | 54.31% | 16,585 |
Lawrence | 5,632 | 86.58% | 692 | 10.64% | 181 | 2.78% | 4,940 | 75.94% | 6,505 |
Lee | 7,975 | 68.54% | 2,442 | 20.99% | 1,219 | 10.48% | 5,533 | 47.55% | 11,636 |
Limestone | 7,888 | 82.64% | 1,207 | 12.65% | 450 | 4.71% | 6,681 | 69.99% | 9,545 |
Lowndes | 1,463 | 53.14% | 618 | 22.45% | 672 | 24.41% | 791[a] | 28.73% | 2,753 |
Macon | 1,599 | 33.89% | 482 | 10.22% | 2,637 | 55.89% | -1,038[a] | -22.00% | 4,718 |
Madison | 27,249 | 55.97% | 16,699 | 34.30% | 4,741 | 9.74% | 10,550 | 21.67% | 48,689 |
Marengo | 4,886 | 55.43% | 674 | 7.65% | 3,254 | 36.92% | 1,632[a] | 18.52% | 8,814 |
Marion | 6,534 | 80.28% | 1,567 | 19.25% | 38 | 0.47% | 4,967 | 61.03% | 8,139 |
Marshall | 12,686 | 80.38% | 2,933 | 18.58% | 163 | 1.03% | 9,753 | 61.80% | 15,782 |
Mobile | 53,656 | 74.85% | 16,473 | 22.98% | 1,556 | 2.17% | 37,183 | 51.87% | 71,685 |
Monroe | 4,842 | 84.22% | 561 | 9.76% | 346 | 6.02% | 4,281 | 74.47% | 5,749 |
Montgomery | 15,815 | 36.89% | 18,598 | 43.39% | 8,452 | 19.72% | -2,783 | -6.49% | 42,865 |
Morgan | 15,353 | 79.52% | 3,600 | 18.65% | 353 | 1.83% | 11,753 | 60.88% | 19,306 |
Perry | 2,557 | 46.84% | 580 | 10.62% | 2,322 | 42.54% | 235[a] | 4.30% | 5,459 |
Pickens | 4,379 | 75.40% | 341 | 5.87% | 1,088 | 18.73% | 3,291[a] | 56.66% | 5,808 |
Pike | 4,570 | 62.37% | 1,785 | 24.36% | 972 | 13.27% | 2,785 | 38.01% | 7,327 |
Randolph | 5,176 | 83.78% | 789 | 12.77% | 213 | 3.45% | 4,387 | 71.01% | 6,178 |
Russell | 7,850 | 92.20% | 543 | 6.38% | 121 | 1.42% | 7,307 | 85.82% | 8,514 |
Shelby | 7,287 | 74.64% | 2,142 | 21.94% | 334 | 3.42% | 5,145 | 52.70% | 9,763 |
St. Clair | 6,893 | 75.68% | 1,849 | 20.30% | 366 | 4.02% | 5,044 | 55.38% | 9,108 |
Sumter | 2,165 | 45.95% | 277 | 5.88% | 2,270 | 48.17% | -105[a] | -2.23% | 4,712 |
Talladega | 13,649 | 85.48% | 1,744 | 10.92% | 574 | 3.59% | 11,905 | 74.56% | 15,967 |
Tallapoosa | 8,695 | 79.87% | 1,605 | 14.74% | 587 | 5.39% | 7,090 | 65.12% | 10,887 |
Tuscaloosa | 18,530 | 70.05% | 3,801 | 14.37% | 4,121 | 15.58% | 14,409[a] | 54.47% | 26,452 |
Walker | 14,542 | 83.63% | 2,779 | 15.98% | 67 | 0.39% | 11,763 | 67.65% | 17,388 |
Washington | 4,022 | 89.36% | 318 | 7.07% | 161 | 3.58% | 3,704 | 82.29% | 4,501 |
Wilcox | 2,012 | 58.68% | 639 | 18.64% | 778 | 22.69% | 1,234[a] | 35.99% | 3,429 |
Winston | 3,017 | 57.93% | 2,173 | 41.72% | 18 | 0.35% | 844 | 16.21% | 5,208 |
Totals | 638,774 | 69.99% | 201,227 | 22.05% | 72,699 | 7.97% | 437,547 | 47.94% | 912,700 |