1968 United States Senate election in Alabama

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.

November 5, 1968


Nominee	James B. Allen	Perry O. Hooper Sr.	Robert P. Schwenn
Party	Democratic	Republican	National Democratic (Ala.)
Popular vote	638,744	201,227	72,699
Percentage	69.99%	22.05%	7.97%

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

Candidates

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

1968 Democratic primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Because no candidate received a majority in the first round, Allen and Selden advanced to a run-off election on June 4.

1968 Democratic run-off results[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

1968 United States Senate election in Alabama[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

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1968 United States Senate election in Alabama

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Run-off

General election

See also

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