Electoral history of Eugene McCarthy, United States Senator (1959–1971) and Representative (1949–1959) from Minnesota. He was a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (Democratic Party on the national level).
McCarthy was also a candidate for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination, coming first in the primaries. He later ran for President four times.
House and Senate races (1948-1964)
Minnesota's 4th congressional district, 1948: Eugene McCarthy (DFL) - 78,476 (59.43%) Edward Devitt (R) (inc.) - 53,574 (40.57%)
Minnesota's 4th congressional district, 1950: Eugene McCarthy (DFL) (inc.) - 59,930 (60.39%) Ward Fleming (R) - 39,307 (39.61%)
Minnesota's 4th congressional district, 1952: Eugene McCarthy (DFL) (inc.) - 98,015 (61.71%) Roger G. Kennedy (R) - 60,827 (38.29%)
Minnesota's 4th congressional district, 1954: Eugene McCarthy (DFL) (inc.) - 81,651 (63.01%) Dick Hansen (R) - 47,933 (36.99%)
Minnesota's 4th congressional district, 1956: Eugene McCarthy (DFL) (inc.) - 103,320 (64.07%) Edward C. Slettedahl (R) - 57,947 (35.93%)
United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1958: Eugene McCarthy (DFL) - 608,847 (52.95%) Edward John Thye (R) (inc.) - 535,629 (46.58%) William M. Curran (Socialist Workers) - 5,407 (0.47%)
United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1964: Eugene McCarthy (DFL) (inc.) - 931,363 (60.34%) Wheelock Whitney, Jr. (R) - 605,933 (39.26%) William Braatz (Industrial Government) - 3,947 (0.26%) Everett E. Luoma (Socialist Workers) - 2,357 (0.15%)
1968 presidential election
New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, 1968: Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 27,520 (49.62%) Eugene McCarthy - 23,263 (41.94%) Richard Nixon - 2,532 (4.57%) Robert F. Kennedy - 606 (1.09%) Paul C. Fisher - 506 (0.91%) Nelson Rockefeller - 249 (0.45%) George Wallace - 201 (0.36%)
New Hampshire Democratic vice presidential primary, 1968: Hubert Humphrey (inc.) - 7,622 (56.25%) Robert F. Kennedy - 2,833 (20.91%) Eugene McCarthy - 1,105 (8.16%) Paul C. Fisher - 858 (6.33%) Lyndon B. Johnson - 385 (2.84%) Claude R. Kirk Jr. - 339 (2.50%) John A. Volpe - 205 (1.51%) Richard Nixon - 159 (1.17%) George Wallace - 44 (0.33%)
Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, 1968: Eugene McCarthy - 412,160 (56.23%) Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 253,696 (34.61%) Robert F. Kennedy - 46,507 (6.35%) None of These Candidates - 11,861 (1.62%) George Wallace - 4,031 (0.55%) Hubert Humphrey - 3,605 (0.49%) Scattering - 1,142 (0.16%)
Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, 1968: Eugene McCarthy - 428,891 (71.49%) Robert F. Kennedy - 65,430 (10.91%) Hubert Humphrey - 51,998 (8.67%) George Wallace - 24,147 (4.03%) Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 21,265 (3.54%) Richard Nixon - 3,434 (0.57%) Others - 2,556 (0.43%)
Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary, 1968: Eugene McCarthy - 122,697 (49.30%) Robert F. Kennedy - 68,604 (27.56%) Hubert Humphrey - 44,156 (17.74%) Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 6,890 (2.77%) Nelson Rockefeller - 2,275 (0.91%) George Wallace - 1,688 (0.68%) Others - 2,593 (1.04%)
Indiana Democratic presidential primary, 1968: Robert F. Kennedy - 328,118 (42.26%) Roger D. Branigin - 238,700 (30.74%) Eugene McCarthy - 209,695 (27.01%)
Nebraska Democratic presidential primary, 1968: Robert F. Kennedy - 84,102 (51.72%) Eugene McCarthy - 50,655 (31.15%) Hubert Humphrey - 12,087 (7.43%) Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 9,187 (5.65%) Richard Nixon - 2,731 (1.68%) Ronald Reagan - 1,905 (1.17%) George Wallace - 1,298 (0.80%) Others - 646 (0.40%)
Florida Democratic presidential primary, 1968: George Smathers - 236,242 (46.11%) Eugene McCarthy - 147,216 (28.73%) Scott Kelly - 128,899 (25.16%)
Oregon Democratic presidential primary, 1968: Eugene McCarthy - 163,990 (43.96%) Robert F. Kennedy - 141,631 (37.96%) Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 45,174 (12.11%) Hubert Humphrey - 12,421 (3.33%) Ronald Reagan - 3,082 (0.83%) Richard Nixon - 2,974 (0.80%) Nelson Rockefeller - 2,841 (0.76%) George Wallace - 957 (0.26%)
South Dakota Democratic presidential primary, 1968: Robert F. Kennedy - 31,826 (49.51%) Lyndon B. Johnson - 19,316 (30.05%) Eugene McCarthy - 13,145 (20.45%)
New Jersey Democratic presidential primary, 1968: Eugene McCarthy - 9,906 (36.09%) Robert F. Kennedy - 8,603 (31.35%) Hubert Humphrey - 5,578 (20.32%) George Wallace - 1,399 (5.10%) Richard Nixon - 1,364 (4.97%) Others - 596 (2.17%)
California Democratic presidential primary, 1968: Robert F. Kennedy - 1,472,166 (46.27%) Eugene McCarthy - 1,329,301 (41.78%) Thomas C. Lynch - 380,286 (11.95%)
Illinois Democratic presidential primary, 1968: Eugene McCarthy - 4,646 (38.59%) Ted Kennedy - 4,052 (33.66%) Hubert Humphrey - 2,059 (17.10%) George Wallace - 768 (6.38%) Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 162 (1.35%) Others - 351 (2.92%)
1968 Democratic presidential primaries: Eugene McCarthy - 2,914,933 (38.73%) Robert F. Kennedy - 2,305,148 (30.63%) Stephen M. Young - 549,140 (7.30%) Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 383,590 (5.10%) Thomas C. Lynch - 380,286 (5.05%) Roger D. Branigin - 238,700 (3.17%) George Smathers - 236,242 (3.14%) Hubert Humphrey - 166,463 (2.21%) Unpledged - 161,143 (2.14%) Scott Kelly - 128,899 (1.71%) George Wallace - 34,489 (0.46%)
1968 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally): Hubert Humphrey - 1,760 (67.43%) Eugene McCarthy - 601 (23.03%) George McGovern - 147 (5.63%) Channing E. Phillips - 68 (2.61%) Daniel K. Moore - 18 (0.69%) Ted Kennedy - 13 (0.50%) Paul Bryant - 1 (0.04%) James H. Gray - 1 (0.04%) George Wallace - 1 (0.04%)
1968 Democratic National Convention (vice presidential tally): Edmund Muskie - 1,945 (74.01%) Abstaining - 605 (23.02%) Julian Bond - 49 (1.87%) David C. Hoeh - 4 (0.15%) Ted Kennedy - 4 (0.15%) Eugene McCarthy - 3 (0.11%) Richard J. Daley - 2 (0.08%) Don Edwards - 2 (0.08%) George McGovern - 2 (0.08%) Robert McNair - 2 (0.08%) Abraham A. Ribicoff - 2 (0.08%) James Tate - 2 (0.08%) Allard Lowenstein - 1 (0.04%) Paul O'Dwyer - 1 (0.04%) Henry Reuss - 1 (0.04%) William F. Ryan - 1 (0.04%) Terry Sanford - 1 (0.04%) Sargent Shriver - 1 (0.04%)
1968 United States presidential election: Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew (R) - 31,783,783 (43.4%) and 301 electoral votes (32 states carried) Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie (D) - 31,271,839 (42.7%) and 191 electoral votes (13 states and D.C. carried) George Wallace/Curtis LeMay (AI) - 9,901,118 (13.5%) and 46 electoral votes (5 states carried) Eugene McCarthy (I) - 25,634 Others - 243,258 (0.3%)
Later presidential races
1972 Democratic presidential primaries: Hubert Humphrey - 4,121,372 (25.77%) George McGovern - 4,053,451 (25.34%) George Wallace - 3,755,424 (23.48%) Edmund Muskie - 1,840,217 (11.51%) Eugene McCarthy - 553,990 (3.46%) Henry M. Jackson - 505,198 (3.16%) Shirley Chisholm - 430,703 (2.69%) Terry Sanford - 331,415 (2.07%) John Lindsay - 196,406 (1.23%) Samuel Yorty - 79,446 (0.50%) Wilbur Mills - 37,401 (0.23%) Walter E. Fauntroy - 21,217 (0.13%) Unpledged - 19,533 (0.12%) Ted Kennedy - 16,693 (0.10%) Vance Hartke - 11,798 (0.07%) Patsy Mink - 8,286 (0.05%) None - 6,269 (0.04%)
1972 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally): George McGovern - 1,729 (57.37%) Henry M. Jackson - 525 (17.42%) George Wallace - 382 (12.67%) Shirley Chisholm - 152 (5.04%) Terry Sanford - 78 (2.59%) Hubert Humphrey - 67 (2.22%) Wilbur Mills - 34 (1.13%) Edmund Muskie - 25 (0.83%) Ted Kennedy - 13 (0.43%) Wayne L. Hays - 5 (0.17%) Eugene McCarthy - 2 (0.07%) Ramsey Clark - 1 (0.03%) Walter Mondale - 1 (0.03%)
1972 Democratic National Convention (vice presidential tally): Thomas Eagleton - 1,742 (59.07%) Frances Farenthold - 405 (13.73%) Mike Gravel - 226 (7.66%) Endicott Peabody - 108 (3.66%) Clay Smothers - 74 (2.51%) Birch Bayh - 62 (2.10%) Peter Rodino - 57 (1.93%) Jimmy Carter - 30 (1.02%) Shirley Chisholm - 20 (0.68%) Moon Landrieu - 19 (0.64%) Edward T. Breathitt - 18 (0.61%) Ted Kennedy - 15 (0.51%) Fred R. Harris - 14 (0.48%) Richard G. Hatcher - 11 (0.37%) Harold E. Hughes - 10 (0.34%) Joseph M. Montoya - 9 (0.31%) William L. Guy - 8 (0.27%) Adlai Stevenson III - 8 (0.27%) Robert Bergland - 5 (0.17%) Hodding Carter - 5 (0.17%) Cesar Chavez - 5 (0.17%) Wilbur Mills - 5 (0.17%) Wendell Anderson - 4 (0.14%) Stanley Arnold - 4 (0.14%) Ron Dellums - 4 (0.14%) John J. Houlihan - 4 (0.14%) Roberto A. Mondragon - 4 (0.14%) Reubin O'Donovan Askew - 3 (0.10%) Herman Badillo - 3 (0.10%) Eugene McCarthy - 3 (0.10%) Claiborne Pell - 3 (0.10%) Terry Sanford - 3 (0.10%) Ramsey Clark - 2 (0.07%) Richard J. Daley - 2 (0.07%) John DeCarlo - 2 (0.07%) Ernest Gruening - 2 (0.07%) Roger Mudd - 2 (0.07%) Edmund Muskie - 2 (0.07%) Claude Pepper - 2 (0.07%) Abraham Ribicoff - 2 (0.07%) Pat Taylor - 2 (0.07%) Leonard F. Woodcock - 2 (0.07%) Bruno Agnoli - 2 (0.07%) Ernest Albright - 1 (0.03%) William A. Barrett - 1 (0.03%) Daniel Berrigan - 1 (0.03%) Phillip Berrigan - 1 (0.03%) Julian Bond - 1 (0.03%) Hargrove Bowles - 1 (0.03%) Archibald Burton - 1 (0.03%) Phillip Burton - 1 (0.03%) William Chappell - 1 (0.03%) Lawton Chiles - 1 (0.03%) Frank Church - 1 (0.03%) Robert Drinan - 1 (0.03%) Nick Galifianakis - 1 (0.03%) John Goodrich - 1 (0.03%) Michael Griffin - 1 (0.03%) Martha Griffiths - 1 (0.03%) Charles Hamilton - 1 (0.03%) Patricia Harris - 1 (0.03%) Jim Hunt - 1 (0.03%) Daniel Inouye - 1 (0.03%) Henry M. Jackson - 1 (0.03%) Robery Kariss - 1 (0.03%) Allard K. Lowenstein - 1 (0.03%) Mao Zedong - 1 (0.03%) Eleanor McGovern - 1 (0.03%) Martha Mitchell - 1 (0.03%) Ralph Nader - 1 (0.03%) George Norcross - 1 (0.03%) Jerry Rubin - 1 (0.03%) Fred Seaman - 1 (0.03%) Joe Smith - 1 (0.03%) Benjamin Spock - 1 (0.03%) Patrick Tavolacci - 1 (0.03%) George Wallace - 1 (0.03%)
1976 United States presidential election: Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale (D) - 40,831,881 (50.08%) and 297 electoral votes (23 states and D.C. carried) Gerald Ford (inc.)/Bob Dole (R) - 39,148,634 (48.02%) and 240 electoral votes (27 states carried) Ronald Reagan/Bob Dole (R) - 1 electoral vote (Washington faithless elector) Eugene McCarthy/VariousMcCarthy running-mate varied from state to state (I) - 740,460 (0.91) Roger MacBride/David Bergland (LBT) - 172,553 (0.21%) Lester Maddox/William Dyke (AI) - 170,274 0.21% Thomas J. Anderson/Rufus Shackelford (American) - 158,271 (0.19%) Peter Camejo/Willie Mae Reid (Socialist Workers) - 90,986 (0.11%) Gus Hall/Jarvis Tyner (Communist) - 58,709 (0.07%) Margareth Wright/Benjamin Spock (People's) - 49,013 (0.06%) Lyndon LaRouche/R. Wayne Evans (U.S. Labor) - 40,043 (0.05%) Others - 70,785 (0.08%)
1988 United States presidential election: George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle (R) - 48,886,597 (53.4%) and 426 electoral votes (40 states carried) Michael Dukakis/Lloyd Bentsen (D) - 41,809,476 (45.6%) and 111 electoral votes (10 states and D.C. carried) Lloyd Bentsen/Michael Dukakis (D) - 1 electoral vote (West Virginia faithless elector) Ron Paul/Andre Marrou (MBT) - 431,750 (0.5%) Lenora Fulani/VariousFulani running mate carried from state to state (New Alliance) - 217,221 (0.2%) David Duke (Populist) - 47,043 (0.05%) Eugene McCarthy/Florence Rice (Consumer) - 30,905 (0.03%)
1992 Democratic presidential primaries: Bill Clinton - 10,482,411 (52.01%) Jerry Brown - 4,071,232 (20.20%) Paul Tsongas - 3,656,010 (18.14%) Unpledged - 750,873 (3.73%) Bob Kerrey - 318,457 (1.58%) Tom Harkin - 280,304 (1.39%) Lyndon LaRouche - 154,599 (0.77%) Eugene McCarthy - 108,678 (0.54%) Charles Woods - 88,948 (0.44%) Larry Agran - 58,611 (0.29%) Ross Perot - 54,755 (0.27%) Ralph Nader - 35,935 (0.18%) Louis Stokes - 29,983 (0.15%) Angus Wheeler McDonald - 9,900 (0.05%) J. Louis McAlpine - 7,911 (0.04%) George W. Benns - 7,887 (0.04%) Rufus T. Higginbotham - 7,705 (0.04%) Tom Howard Hawks - 7,434 (0.04%)