Electoral history of Wayne Morse

Electoral history of Wayne Morse, United States Senator from Oregon, candidate for the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination and Oregon favorite-son candidate in the 1952 Republican presidential primaries.

Originally a Republican, Morse became an independent in 1952 and a Democrat in 1955.

1944

United States Senate election in Oregon, 1944[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wayne Morse 269,095 60.71
Democratic Edgar W. Smith 174,140 39.29
Total votes 443,235 100.00
Republican hold

1950

United States Senate election in Oregon, 1950[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wayne Morse (incumbent) 376,510 74.79
Democratic Howard LaTourette 116,780 23.20
Progressive Harlin Talbert 10,165 2.02
Total votes 503,455 100.00
Republican hold

1952

Oregon Republican presidential primary, 1952:[3]

1952 Republican presidential primaries:[4]

1956

United States Senate election in Oregon, 1956[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wayne Morse (incumbent) 396,849 54.20
Republican Douglas McKay 335,405 45.80
Total votes 732,254 100.00
Democratic hold

1960

District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary, 1960:[6]

Maryland Democratic presidential primary, 1960:[7]

Oregon Democratic presidential primary, 1960:[8]

1960 Democratic presidential primaries:[9]

1962

United States Senate election in Oregon, 1962[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wayne Morse (incumbent) 344,716 54.15
Republican Sig Unander 291,587 45.81
none write-ins 253 0.04
Total votes 636,556 100.00
Democratic hold

1968

Primary election

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  Robert B. Duncan
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  Wayne Morse
Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Oregon, 1968[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wayne Morse (incumbent) 185,091 49.03
Democratic Robert B. Duncan 174,795 46.30
Democratic Phil McAlmond 17,658 4.68
Total votes 377,544 100.00

General election

United States Senate election in Oregon, 1968[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Packwood 408,646 50.20
Democratic Wayne Morse (incumbent) 405,353 49.80
Total votes 813,999 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

1972

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Oregon, 1972[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wayne Morse 173,147 43.70
Democratic Robert B. Duncan 130,845 33.03
Democratic Don Willner 74,060 18.69
Democratic Ralph Wiser 17,729 4.48
Democratic miscellaneous 423 0.11
Total votes 396,204 100.00

Democratic nomination for the Vice President of the United States, 1972:[14]

Vote to replace original candidate Thomas Eagleton, nominated at the 1972 Democratic National Convention and then removed from the ticket

United States Senate election in Oregon, 1972[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Hatfield (incumbent) 488,477 53.63
Democratic Wayne Morse 421,205 46.25
none miscellaneous 1,127 0.12
Total votes 910,809 100.00
Republican hold

1974

Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Oregon, 1974[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wayne Morse 155,729 48.98
Democratic Jason Boe 125,055 39.33
Democratic Robert T. Daly 21,881 6.88
Democratic Robert E. O'Connor 14,984 4.71
Democratic miscellaneous 319 0.10
Total votes 396,204 100.00

Note: Morse died before the general election and was replaced on the ballot by Betty Roberts.

References

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