1968 United States Senate election in Oregon County results
Packwood: 50-60% 60-70%
Morse: 50–60%
The 1968 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 5, 1968. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Wayne Morse was seeking a fifth term, but narrowly lost re-election to 36 year-old Republican State Representative Bob Packwood in a very close race.[1]
The general primary was held May 28, 1968.[2] Incumbent Senator Wayne Morse defeated former Representative Robert B. Duncan . Duncan, an outspoken supporter of the Vietnam War , had previously been the Democratic nominee in the 1966 United States Senate election in Oregon , and the anti-war Morse had endorsed Duncan's opponent Mark Hatfield , an anti-war Republican.
County Wayne Morse Democratic
Bob Packwood Republican
% # % # Baker 50.5% 3,192 49.5% 3,129 Benton 45.7% 8,571 54.3% 10,185 Clackamas 49.1% 31,305 50.8% 32,395 Clatsop 47.7% 6,091 52.2% 6,674 Columbia 56.5% 6,244 43.4% 4,802 Coos 58.7% 12,369 41.2% 8,687 Crook 51.2% 1,852 48.7% 1,760 Curry 59.7% 2,815 40.2% 1,893 Deschutes 47.6% 5,396 52.3% 5,923 Douglas 46.5% 12,063 53.4% 13,835 Gilliam 46.1% 518 53.8% 605 Grant 51.0% 1,440 48.9% 1,380 Harney 50.4% 1,437 49.5% 1,412 Hood River 49.8% 2,640 50.0% 2,651 Jackson 45.2% 15,508 54.7% 18,773 Jefferson 47.9% 1,445 52.0% 1,569 Josephine 38.7% 5,578 61.2% 8,800 Klamath 45.7% 7,740 54.2% 9,122 Lake 43.8% 1,109 56.1% 1,422 Lane 51.6% 41,289 48.3% 38,619 Lincoln 48.8% 5,170 51.2% 5,424 Linn 50.0% 12,161 49.9% 12,150 Malheur 39.1% 3,249 60.8% 5,050 Marion 44.0% 24,381 55.9% 30,946 Morrow 48.8% 963 51.1% 1,010 Multnomah 54.3% 131,052 45.6% 110,166 Polk 44.4% 5,535 55.5% 6,919 Sherman 43.4% 473 56.5% 615 Tillamook 53.5% 3,923 46.4% 3,401 Umatilla 44.5% 7,273 55.4% 9,051 Union 54.9% 4,252 45.0% 3,480 Wallowa 46.9% 1,291 53.0% 1,458 Wasco 50.8% 4,203 49.1% 4,064 Washington 43.8% 25,886 56.1% 33,202 Wheeler 48.6% 374 51.3% 395 Yamhill 46.2% 6,565 53.7% 7,629