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Parents > United States > Pennsylvania > President
Parent RaceUS President - R Primaries
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
TypeRepublican Primary Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1968 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open April 23, 1968 - 12:00am Central
Polls Close April 23, 1968 - 12:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 1969 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1973 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedIndyGeorgia November 26, 2010 09:56pm
Data SourcesPennsylvania Manual 1969, p. 664.

Official statewide totals for Reagan, Johnson, and Shafer have been adjusted to include write-ins in Chester and Philadelphia Counties which were certified on the county level but not included on the SOS table in the Manual. Their certified statewide totals were Reagan 7,934; Johnson 3,027; Shafer 1,223.
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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/03/1964
NameLyndon B. Johnson Votes3,130,954 (64.92%)
Term01/20/1965 - 01/20/1969 Margin1,457,297 (+30.22%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/1968
NameHubert H. Humphrey, Jr. Votes2,259,405 (47.59%)
Term01/20/1969 - 01/20/1973 Margin169,388 (+3.57%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RacePA US President 11/05/1968

CANDIDATES
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Name (W) Vice President Richard M. Nixon (W) Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller (W) Sen. Eugene J. "Gene" McCarthy (W) Gov. George C. Wallace (W) Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (W) Gov. Ronald Reagan (W) Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr.
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
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Uncertified Votes 171,815 (59.58%) 52,915 (18.35%) 18,800 (6.52%) 13,290 (4.61%) 10,431 (3.62%) 8,636 (3.00%) 4,651 (1.61%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -118,900 (-41.23%) -153,015 (-53.06%) -158,525 (-54.97%) -161,384 (-55.96%) -163,179 (-56.58%) -167,164 (-57.97%)
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R Raymond P. Shafer 🔗
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Name (W) Others (I) (W) President Lyndon B. Johnson (W) Gov. Raymond P. Shafer  
PartyRepublican Republican Republican  
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Uncertified Votes 3,487 (1.21%) 3,088 (1.07%) 1,271 (0.44%)  
Margin-168,328 (-58.37%) -168,727 (-58.51%) -170,544 (-59.14%)  
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