Electoral history of George McGovern

George McGovern, a Democratic Party politician from South Dakota, was first elected to the United States House of Representatives to represent South Dakota's 1st congressional district in 1956. He was re-elected in 1958, before making an unsuccessful run for the United States Senate in 1960 against Republican incumbent Karl Earl Mundt. After serving in the John F. Kennedy administration as director of the Food for Peace program, McGovern ran again for the Senate and narrowly prevailed over appointed Senator Joseph H. Bottum. In 1968, McGovern unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party's presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention and was re-elected to the Senate over former Governor of South Dakota Archie M. Gubbrud. In 1972, McGovern was successful in his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, but lost the election in a landslide to incumbent President Richard Nixon. McGovern was re-elected to the Senate in 1974 over Vietnam War veteran Leo K. Thorsness, but lost re-election in 1980 to then-U.S. Representative James Abdnor. McGovern made a final unsuccessful run for president in 1984 United States presidential election.

U.S. Senator George McGovern of South Dakota

United States House of Representatives (1956–1958)

South Dakota's 1st congressional district, 1956:[1]

  • George McGovern (D) – 116,516 (52.40%)
  • Harold O. Lovre (R) (inc.) – 105,835 (47.60%)

South Dakota's 1st congressional district, 1958:[2]

United States Senate (1960–1968) and 1968 Democratic National Convention

South Dakota United States Senate election, 1960:[3]

  • Karl E. Mundt (R) (inc.) – 178,417 (55.12%)
  • George McGovern (D) – 145,261 (44.88%)

South Dakota United States Senate election, 1962:[4]

  • George McGovern (D) – 127,458 (50.15%)
  • Joe H. Bottum (R) (inc.) – 126,681 (49.85%)

1968 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally):[5]

1968 Democratic National Convention (vice presidential tally):[6]

South Dakota United States Senate election, 1968:[7]

  • George McGovern (D) (inc.) – 158,961 (56.79%)
  • Archie Gubbrud (R) – 120,951 (43.21%)

1972 presidential election
1972 Democratic primaries by state results
1972 presidential election by state results
1972 presidential election by county results

1972 Democratic Presidential primaries[8]

1972 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally):[9]

1972 Liberal Party Convention (presidential tally):[10]

  • George McGovern - 218 (95.61%)
  • Benjamin Spock - 8 (3.51%)
  • Abstaining - 2 (0.88%)

1972 United States presidential election:

South Dakota United States Senate election, 1974:[11]

  • George McGovern (D) (inc.) - 147,929 (53.04%)
  • Leo K. Thorsness (R) - 130,955 (46.96%)

United States Senate (1974–1980) and 1980 Democratic National Convention

Democratic primary for United States Senate, South Dakota, 1980:[12]

  • George McGovern (inc.) - 44,822 (62.44%)
  • Larry Schumaker - 26,958 (37.56%)

1980 Democratic National Convention (vice Presidential tally)

South Dakota United States Senate election, 1980:[13]

  • James Abdnor (R) - 190,594 (58.20%)
  • George McGovern (D) (inc.) - 129,018 (39.40%)
  • Wayne Peterson (I) - 7,866 (2.40%)

1984 presidential election

1984 Democratic presidential primaries[14]

1984 Democratic National Convention[15]

References
  1. Roberts, Ralph R. (September 15, 1958). "Statistics of the presidential and congressional election of November 6, 1956" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  2. Guthrie, Benjamin J.; Roberts, Ralph R. (March 16, 1959). "Statistics of the congressional election of November 4, 1958" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  3. Guthrie, Benjamin J.; Roberts, Ralph R. (April 15, 1961). "Statistics of the presidential and congressional election of November 8, 1960" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  4. Guthrie, Benjamin J.; Roberts, Ralph R. (March 16, 1963). "Statistics of the congressional election of November 6, 1962" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  5. Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Aug 26, 1968
  6. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59937
  7. Guthrie, Benjamin J.; Jennings, W. Pat (July 1, 1969). "Statistics of the presidential and congressional election of November 5, 1968" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  8. Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Mar 07, 1972
  9. Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Jul 10, 1972
  10. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=523015
  11. Our Campaigns - SD US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1974
  12. Our Campaigns - SD US Senate - D Primary Race - Jun 03, 1980
  13. Our Campaigns - SD US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1980
  14. Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 20, 1984
  15. Our Campaigns - US President - D Convention Race - Jul 16, 1984
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