PaSen 1968

Pennsylvania Senatorial Election Returns 1968
County	Total Vote	Republican	Democratic	Plurality	Winner	Constitution	Socialist Labor	Militant Workers	Scattered	Pct Rep	Pct Dem	Pct Other
		Richard S. Schweiker	Joseph S. Clark			Frank W. Gaydosh	Benson Perry	Pearl Chertov
Pennsylvania	4624218	2399762	2117662	282100	R	96742	7198	2743	111	51.90	45.80	2.31
Adams	18628	11517	6853	4664	R	234	20	4	0	61.83	36.79	1.39
Allegheny	692702	340554	332665	7889	R	17669	1209	532	73	49.16	48.02	2.81
Armstrong	30072	17263	12363	4900	R	365	59	21	1	57.41	41.11	1.48
Beaver	81263	38152	41582	-3430	D	1349	115	63	2	46.95	51.17	1.88
Bedford	16370	11459	4743	6716	R	136	24	8	0	70.00	28.97	1.03
Berks	106384	53771	50144	3627	R	2279	135	55	0	50.54	47.13	2.32
Blair	47836	32026	14686	17340	R	1047	55	22	0	66.95	30.70	2.35
Bradford	20653	13498	6906	6592	R	212	27	10	0	65.36	33.44	1.21
Bucks	139669	78938	53286	25652	R	7086	277	82	0	56.52	38.15	5.33
Butler	44211	25384	17967	7417	R	779	49	32	0	57.42	40.64	1.95
Cambria	78322	42334	35188	7146	R	538	148	111	3	54.05	44.93	1.02
Cameron	3077	2040	981	1059	R	50	6	0	0	66.30	31.88	1.82
Carbon	20929	10728	9892	836	R	282	15	10	2	51.26	47.26	1.48
Centre	28492	17448	10557	6891	R	449	27	11	0	61.24	37.05	1.71
Chester	96854	61503	31893	29610	R	3364	60	32	2	63.50	32.93	3.57
Clarion	14427	9114	5142	3972	R	145	18	7	1	63.17	35.64	1.19
Clearfield	28818	17564	10725	6839	R	447	50	32	0	60.95	37.22	1.84
Clinton	13158	7225	5807	1418	R	106	12	8	0	54.91	44.13	0.96
Columbia	22050	10967	8859	2108	R	2203	18	3	0	49.74	40.18	10.09
Crawford	27620	16045	10998	5047	R	535	32	9	1	58.09	39.82	2.09
Cumberland	51965	33803	16429	17374	R	1636	77	20	0	65.05	31.62	3.33
Dauphin	79353	51217	25509	25708	R	2482	108	36	1	64.54	32.15	3.31
Delaware	255477	152429	97895	54534	R	4843	221	85	4	59.66	38.32	2.02
Elk	13962	7964	5787	2177	R	184	22	5	0	57.04	41.45	1.51
Erie	97402	49070	47498	1572	R	714	88	29	3	50.38	48.76	0.86
Fayette	57221	23306	33011	-9705	D	791	82	31	0	40.73	57.69	1.58
Forest	1951	1294	642	652	R	10	4	0	1	66.32	32.91	0.77
Franklin	34318	20029	13432	6597	R	781	52	24	0	58.36	39.14	2.50
Fulton	3873	2320	1468	852	R	75	9	0	1	59.90	37.90	2.19
Greene	14117	5928	8002	-2074	D	144	28	15	0	41.99	56.68	1.32
Huntingdon	13200	8363	4478	3885	R	320	27	12	0	63.36	33.92	2.72
Indiana	28836	17126	11391	5735	R	256	39	24	0	59.39	39.50	1.11
Jefferson	18165	11878	6085	5793	R	162	32	8	0	65.39	33.50	1.11
Juniata	6861	4066	2614	1452	R	177	4	0	0	59.26	38.10	2.64
Lackawanna	110805	48589	59689	-11100	D	2404	105	18	0	43.85	53.87	2.28
Lancaster	105966	70294	30912	39382	R	4599	134	27	0	66.34	29.17	4.49
Lawrence	42040	21776	19820	1956	R	334	75	35	0	51.80	47.15	1.06
Lebanon	33157	21979	9816	12163	R	1266	73	21	2	66.29	29.60	4.11
Lehigh	93483	49347	42762	6585	R	1293	57	23	1	52.79	45.74	1.47
Luzerne	139192	61939	72834	-10895	D	3954	433	32	0	44.50	52.33	3.17
Lycoming	43218	25331	16916	8415	R	916	28	24	3	58.61	39.14	2.25
McKean	17019	10837	6049	4788	R	108	17	8	0	63.68	35.54	0.78
Mercer	47453	24502	22257	2245	R	616	53	24	1	51.63	46.90	1.46
Mifflin	14367	8357	5797	2560	R	192	14	5	2	58.17	40.35	1.48
Monroe	17305	9680	7221	2459	R	374	21	9	0	55.94	41.73	2.33
Montgomery	255129	168112	81747	86365	R	5033	171	66	0	65.89	32.04	2.07
Montour	5954	3317	2463	854	R	170	2	2	0	55.71	41.37	2.92
Northampton	76231	33114	41760	-8646	D	1207	107	42	1	43.44	54.78	1.78
Northumberland	41323	23518	16930	6588	R	792	54	29	0	56.91	40.97	2.12
Perry	10724	6993	3283	3710	R	409	31	8	0	65.21	30.61	4.18
Philadelphia	817533	305597	499800	-194203	D	9531	1896	708	1	37.38	61.14	1.48
Pike	5589	3671	1720	1951	R	181	11	5	1	65.68	30.77	3.54
Potter	6254	4392	1771	2621	R	78	9	4	0	70.23	28.32	1.46
Schuylkill	75839	41509	32966	8543	R	1258	63	43	0	54.73	43.47	1.80
Snyder	9355	6740	2260	4480	R	336	10	9	0	72.05	24.16	3.79
Somerset	30694	19059	11432	7627	R	155	29	19	0	62.09	37.25	0.66
Sullivan	2813	1633	1148	485	R	28	2	2	0	58.05	40.81	1.14
Susquehanna	13769	8668	4270	4398	R	804	23	4	0	62.95	31.01	6.04
Tioga	13567	9424	3960	5464	R	153	24	6	0	69.46	29.19	1.35
Union	9108	6533	2310	4223	R	253	10	2	0	71.73	25.36	2.91
Venango	21600	13936	7496	6440	R	129	28	11	0	64.52	34.70	0.78
Warren	15605	9284	6196	3088	R	106	12	7	0	59.49	39.71	0.80
Washington	83992	39195	42613	-3418	D	1963	141	80	0	46.67	50.73	2.60
Wayne	11500	7416	2982	4434	R	1064	29	9	0	64.49	25.93	9.58
Westmoreland	146654	72169	71554	615	R	2604	253	70	4	49.21	48.79	2.00
Wyoming	7929	5345	2333	3012	R	239	9	3	0	67.41	29.42	3.17
York	90815	51183	37117	14066	R	2343	125	47	0	56.36	40.87	2.77

Source: The Pennsylvania Manual, 1969, p. 745.

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