1968 Republican Party presidential primaries

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". From February 3 to July 13, 1968, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1968 United States presidential election. Former vice president Richard Nixon was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1968 Republican National Convention held from August 5 to August 8, 1968, in Miami Beach, Florida.[1]

Schedule and results

1968 Republican primaries and state conventions

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Richard Nixon campaign rally

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Date
(daily totals)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Contest Total
pledged delegates
Delegates won and popular vote
Richard Nixon Nelson Rockefeller Ronald Reagan George Romney Favorite
Sons 		Harold Stassen Others Uncommitted
February 3 Pennsylvania
State Committee[2] 		10 (of 64) - - - - 10 Del.Template:Efn - - -
February 10 Oklahoma
District Conventions[3][4] 		12 (of 22) 10 Del.Template:Efn - 2 Del. - - - - -
North Carolina
District ConventionsTemplate:Efn[5] 		12 (of 26) 10 Del. - - - - - - 2 Del.
February 18 North Carolina
District ConventionsTemplate:Efn[5] 		10 (of 26) 5 Del. - - - - - - 5 Del.
February 24 Oklahoma
State Convention[4] 		10 (of 22) 7 Del. - 3 Del. - 0 Del.Template:Efn - - -
March 2 North Carolina
State Convention[6] 		4 (of 26) - - - - - - - 4 Del.
Tennessee
5th District Convention[7] 		2 (of 28) - - - - 2 Del.Template:Efn - - -
March 9 Kansas
4th District Convention[8] 		2 (of 20) - - - - 2 Del.Template:Efn - - -
March 12 New Hampshire
Primary[9]
103,938 		8 (of 8) 8 Del.
80,666
(77.61%) 		11,241 WI
(10.82%) 		362 WI
(0.35%) 		1,743
(1.68%) 		- 429
(0.41%) 		9,497 WITemplate:Efn
(9.14%) 		-
March 16 Kansas
2nd District Convention[10] 		2 (of 20) - - - - 2 Del.Template:Efn - - -
Virginia
1st District Convention[11][12] 		2 (of 24) 1 Del. - - - - - - 1 Del.
March 23 Kansas
1st District Convention[13] 		2 (of 20) - - - - 2 Del.Template:Efn - - -
March 28 Tennessee
9th District ConventionTemplate:Efn[14][15] 		2 (of 28) - - - - 2 Del.Template:Efn - - -
March 30 Kansas
5th District Convention[16] 		2 (of 20) - - - - 2 Del.Template:Efn - - -
South Carolina
State Convention[17] 		22 (of 22) - - - - 22 Del.Template:Efn - - -
Tennessee
3rd District Convention[18] 		2 (of 28) - - - - 2 Del.Template:Efn - - -
April 2 Wisconsin
Primary[19]
490,739 		30 (of 30) 30 Del.
390,368
(79.55%) 		7,995 WI
(1.63%) 		50,727
(10.34%) 		2,087 WI
(0.43%) 		- 28,531
(5.81%) 		4,268 WITemplate:Efn
(0.87%) 		6,763
(1.38%)
April 4 Tennessee
8th District Convention[20] 		2 (of 28) - - - - 2 Del.Template:Efn - - -
April 6 Kansas
3rd District Convention[21] 		2 (of 20) - - - - 2 Del.Template:Efn - - -
Tennessee
1st District Convention[22] 		2 (of 28) - - - - 2 Del.Template:Efn - - -
Virginia
2nd and 4th
District Conventions[23] 		4 (of 24) 2 Del. - - - - - - 2 Del.
April 13 Tennessee
6th District Convention[24] 		2 (of 28) - - - - 2 Del.Template:Efn - - -
Virginia
5th District Convention[25] 		2 (of 24) 2 Del. - - - - - - -
April 15 Virginia
3rd District Convention[26] 		2 (of 24) 2 Del. - - - - - - -
April 16 Iowa
District Conventions[27] 		14 (of 24) 9 Del. 5 Del.Template:Efn - - - - - -
April 17 Iowa
State Convention[28] 		10 (of 26) 7 Del.Template:Efn - - - - - - 3 Del.
April 19 Kentucky
District Conventions[29] 		14 (of 24) - - - - - - - 14 Del.Template:Efn
April 20 Kentucky
State Convention[29] 		10 (of 24) - - - - - - - 10 Del.Template:Efn
Minnesota
6th District Convention[30] 		2 (of 26) 2 Del. - - - - - - -
Virginia
8th District Convention[31] 		2 (of 24) 2 Del. - - - - - - -
April 23 Pennsylvania
Pres. Primary[32]
288,384 		0 (of 64) 171,815 WI
(59.58%) 		52,915 WI
(18.35%) 		8,636 WI
(3.00%) 		- - - 55,018 WITemplate:Efn
(19.08%) 		6,763
(1.38%)
Pennsylvania
Del. Primary[32] 		54 (of 64) - - - - 54 Del.Template:Efn - - -
April 26 Tennessee
7th District Convention[33] 		2 (of 28) - - - - 2 Del.Template:Efn - - -
Virginia
10th District Convention[34] 		2 (of 24) 1 Del. 1 Del. - - - - - -
April 27 Arizona
State Convention[35] 		16 (of 16) 13 Del. - - - - - - 3 Del.
Kansas
State Convention[36] 		10 (of 20) - - - - 10 Del.Template:Efn - - -
Michigan
State Convention[37] 		48 (of 48) - - - 48 Del. - - - -
Minnesota
3rd, 5th and 7th
District Conventions[38][39] 		6 (of 26) 4 Del. 2 Del. - - - - - -
Nevada
State Convention[40] 		12 (of 12) 8 Del. 2 Del. - - - - - 2 Del.
Tennessee
2nd and 4th
District Conventions[41][42] 		4 (of 28) - - - - 4 Del.Template:Efn - - -
Virginia
7th District Convention[43] 		2 (of 24) 2 Del. - - - - - - -
April 30 Delaware
State Convention[44] 		12 (of 12) 7 Del. 5 Del. - - - - - -
Massachusetts
Primary[45]
106,521 		34 (of 34) 27,447 WI
(25.77%) 		34 Del.
31,964 WI
(30.01%) 		1,770 WI
(1.66%) 		49 WI
(0.05%) 		31,465Template:Efn
(29.54%) 		- 13,826 WITemplate:Efn
(12.98%) 		-
May 4 Minnesota
1st and 4th
District Conventions[46] 		4 (of 26) 4 Del. - - - - - - -
Virginia
State Convention[47] 		4 (of 24) 4 Del. - - - - - - -
May 5 Georgia
State Convention[48] 		30Template:Efn (of 30) 23 Del. 1 Del. 6 Del. - - - - -
May 7 Indiana
Primary[49]
508,362 		26 (of 26) 26 Del.
508,362
(100.00%) 		- - - - - - -
Ohio
Pres. Primary[50]
614,492 		0 (of 58) - - - - 614,492Template:Efn
(100.00%) 		- - -
Ohio
Del. Primary[50]
508,362 		58 (of 58) 2 Del. - - - 55 Del.Template:Efn 1 Del. - -
Washington, D.C.
Primary[51]
13,430 		9 (of 9) 9 Del.Template:Efn
12,102
(90.11%) 		1,328Template:Efn
(9.89%) 		- - - - -
May 11 Hawaii
State Convention[52] 		14 (of 14) - - - - 14 Del.Template:Efn - - -
Maine
State Convention[53] 		12 (of 12) 4 Del. 6 Del. - - - - - 4 Del.
Minnesota
2nd and 8th
District Conventions[54] 		4 (of 26) 4 Del. - - - - - - -
Wyoming
State Convention[55] 		12 (of 12) 10 Del. - - - - - - 2 Del.Template:Efn
May 12 Alaska
State Convention[56] 		12 (of 12) - - - - 12 Del.Template:Efn - - -
May 14 Nebraska
Pres. Primary[57]
200,707 		0 (of 10) 140,336
(69.92%) 		10,225 WI
(5.09%) 		42,703
(21.28%) 		40 WI
(0.02%) 		- 2,638
(1.31%) 		4,765 WITemplate:Efn
(2.37%) 		-
Nebraska
Del. Primary[57][58] 		16 (of 16) 15 Del. - - - - - - 1 Del.
West Virginia
Del. Primary[59] 		14 (of 14) 7 Del. 1 Del. - - - - - 6 Del.
May 15 Missouri
3rd District Convention[60] 		2 (of 24) 2 Del. - - - - - - -
Rhode Island
State Convention[61] 		14 (of 14) - 14 Del.Template:Efn - - - - - -
May 17 Missouri
6th District Convention[62] 		2 (of 24) 2 Del. - - - - - - -
May 18 Missouri
2nd District Convention[63] 		2 (of 24) 1 Del. - - - - - - 1 Del.
Vermont
State Convention[64] 		12 (of 12) 9 Del. 2 Del. - - - - - 1 Del.
May 22 Louisiana
8th District Convention[65] 		2 (of 26) 2 Del. - - - - - - -
Missouri
1st District Convention[66] 		2 (of 24) 2 Del. - - - - - - -
May 23 Louisiana
5th District Convention[67] 		2 (of 26) - - 2 Del. - - - - -
May 25 Colorado
1st District Convention[68] 		2 (of 18) 1 Del. - 1 Del. - - - - -
Louisiana
4th and 6th
District Conventions[69][70][71] 		4 (of 26) 4 Del.Template:Efn - - - - - - -
Missouri
4th, 9th and 10th
District Convention[72][63] 		6 (of 24) 6 Del. - - - - - - -
Tennessee
State Convention[73] 		10 (of 28) 10 Del. - - - - - - -
May 26 Louisiana
3rd District Convention[74] 		2 (of 26) - - 2 Del. - - - - -
May 28 Florida
Primary[75]
51,509 		36 (of 36) - - - - - - - 36 Del.
51,509
(100.00%)
Louisiana
7th District Convention[76] 		2 (of 26) - - - - - - - 2 Del.Template:Efn
Missouri
5th
District Convention[77] 		2 (of 24) 2 Del. - - - - - - -
Oregon
Primary[78]
312,159 		18 (of 18) 18 Del.
203,037
(65.04%) 		36,305 WI
(11.63%) 		63,707
(20.41%) 		- - - 9,110 WITemplate:Efn
(2.92%) 		-
May 30 Louisiana
1st and 2nd
District ConventionsTemplate:Efn[79] 		4 (of 26) 4 Del. - - - - - - -
June 1 Mississippi
State Convention[80] 		20 (of 20) 7 Del. - 2 Del. - - - - 11 Del.Template:Efn
June 4 California
Primary[81]
1,525,091 		86 (of 86) - - 86 Del.
1,525,091
(100.00%) 		- - - - -
Colorado
2nd District Convention[82] 		2 (of 18) 2 Del. - - - - - - -
New Jersey
Pres. Primary[83]
88,592 		0 (of 40) 71,809 WI
(81.06%) 		11,530 WI
(13.02%) 		2,737 WI
(3.09%) 		- - - 2,516 WITemplate:Efn
(2.84%) 		-
New Jersey
Del. Primary[83] 		40 (of 40) - - - - 40 Del.Template:Efn - - -
South Dakota
Primary[84]
68,113 		14 (of 14) 14 Del.
68,113
(100.00%) 		- - - - - - -
June 7 Colorado
3rd and 4th
District Convention[85] 		4 (of 18) 4 Del. - - - - - - -
Missouri
8th
District Convention[86] 		2 (of 24) 2 Del. - - - - - - -
June 8 Colorado
State Convention[87] 		10 (of 18) 8 Del. - - - - - - 2 Del.
Missouri
7th
District Convention[88] 		2 (of 24) 2 Del. - - - - - - -
June 11 Illinois
Pres. Primary[89]
22,403 		0 (of 58) 17,490 WI
(78.07%) 		2,165 WI
(9.66%) 		1,601 WI
(7.15%) 		16 WI
(0.07%) 		- - 1,131 WITemplate:Efn
(5.05%) 		-
Illinois
Del. Primary[89]
 48 (of 58) 40 Del. - - - - - - 8 Del.
Texas
State Convention[90] 		56 (of 56) - - - - 56 Del.Template:Efn - - -
June 14 Minnesota
State Convention[91] 		4 (of 26) 3 Del. 7 Del. - - - - - -
North Dakota
State Convention[92] 		8 (of 8) 6 Del. - - - - - - 2 Del.
June 15 Connecticut
State Convention[93] 		16 (of 16) 3 Del. 13 Del.Template:Efn - - - - - -
Idaho
State Convention[94] 		14 (of 14) 8 Del. - 6 Del. - - - - -
June 18 New York
Del. Primary[95]
 82 (of 82) 4 Del. 78 Del. - - - - - -
June 22 Louisiana
State Convention[96] 		20 (of 30) 7 Del. - 2 Del. - - - - 1 Del.
Maryland
State Convention[97] 		26 (of 26) - - - - 26 Del.Template:Efn - - -
Montana
State Convention[98] 		14 (of 14) 13 Del. - 1 Del. - - - - -
New Mexico
State Convention[99] 		12 (of 12) 6 Del. - 3 Del. - - - - 5 Del.Template:Efn
Washington
State Convention[100] 		24 (of 24) 23 Del. - - - - - - 1 Del.
June 28 Alabama
District Conventions[101] 		16 (of 26) 7 Del. - 2 Del. - - - - 7 Del.Template:Efn
June 29 Alabama
State Convention[28] 		10 (of 26) - - - - - - - 10 Del.
Arkansas
State Convention[102] 		18 (of 18) - - - - 18 Del.Template:Efn - - -
Illinois
State Convention[103]
 10 (of 58) 8 Del. - - - - - - 2 Del.
Missouri
State Convention[104] 		4 (of 24) 1 Del. - - - - - - 3 Del.
Virginia
6th and 9th
District Conventions[105] 		4 (of 24) 4 Del. - - - - - - -
July 13 Utah
State Convention[106] 		8 (of 8) 3 Del. - 5 Del. - - - - -
1,333 delegates
<templatestyles src="Nobold/styles.css"/>4,473,551 votesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		475
<templatestyles src="Nobold/styles.css"/>1,679,443
(37.54%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		174
<templatestyles src="Nobold/styles.css"/>164,340
(3.67%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		123
<templatestyles src="Nobold/styles.css"/>1,696,632
(37.93%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		48
<templatestyles src="Nobold/styles.css"/>4,447
(0.10%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		345
<templatestyles src="Nobold/styles.css"/>645,957
(14.44%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1
<templatestyles src="Nobold/styles.css"/>31,655
(0.71%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		0
<templatestyles src="Nobold/styles.css"/>110,438
(2.47%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		151
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Suspected delegate count
August 4, 1968[107] 		619
(46.44%) 		267
(20.03%) 		192
(14.40%) 		48
(3.60%) 		157
(11.78%) 		- - 50
(3.75%)

Candidates

The following political leaders were candidates for the 1968 Republican presidential nomination:

Nominee

Candidate Most recent office Home state Campaign

Withdrawal date

Popular vote Contests won Running mate
Richard Nixon File:Nixon 30-0316a (cropped).jpg Vice President of the United States
(1953–1961) 		File:Flag-map of New York.svg

New York

File:Nixon Agnew 1968 campaign logo.svg
(Campaign)
Secured nomination: August 8, 1968 		1,679,443
(37.5%) 		10 Spiro Agnew

Other major candidates

These candidates participated in multiple state primaries or were included in multiple major national polls.

Candidate Most recent office Home state Campaign

Withdrawal date

Nelson Rockefeller File:Governor Nelson Rockefeller (cropped2).png Governor
of New York
(1959–1973) 		File:Flag-map of New York.svg

New York

File:Nelson Rockefeller 1968 bumper sticker.svg
(Campaign)
Ronald Reagan File:Ronald Reagan, 14 May 1974 (cropped).jpg Governor
of California
(1967–1975) 		California

California

File:Ronald Reagan 1968 campaign logo.svg
(Campaign)
Accepted draft: August 5, 1968
George W. Romney File:GeorgeWRomney.png Governor
of Michigan
(1963–1969) 		File:Flag map of Michigan.svg

Michigan

File:Romney in 68.jpg
(Campaign)
Announced: Nov. 18, 1967
Withdrew: February 28, 1968

Favorite sons

The following candidates ran only in their home state's primary, caucus, or convention. They ran for the purpose of controlling their state's respective delegate slate at the national convention and did not appear to be considered national candidates by the media. The media referred to them as "favorite son" candidates.

Declined to run

The following persons were listed in two or more major national polls or were the subject of media speculation surrounding their potential candidacy, but declined to actively seek the nomination.

Polling

National polling

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Before November 1966

Poll source Publication Template:Vert header Template:Vert header Template:Vert header Template:Vert header Template:Vert header Template:Vert header Template:Vert header Template:Vert header Template:Vert header Template:Vert header
Gallup[120] Jan. 10, 1965 – 18% 15% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |27% – 14% 6% 8% 9%Template:Efn 3%
Gallup[121] March 24, 1965 – 16% 11% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |36% – 14% 4% 8% 8%Template:Efn 3%
Gallup[122] June 27, 1965 7% 14% 13% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |25% 3% 11% 6% 7% 11%Template:Efn 3%
Gallup[123] Sep. 26, 1965 5% 12% 9% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |28% 2% 15% 7% 8% 9%Template:Efn 8%
Gallup[124] Oct. 1965 6% 11% 12% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |26% 3% 15% 7% 7% 6%Template:Efn 7%
Gallup[124] Dec. 5, 1965 5% 12% 13% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |34% 1% 11% 4% 5% 10%Template:Efn 5%
Gallup[125] Feb. 6, 1966 5% 15% 11% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |33% 3% 10% 5% 5% 11%Template:Efn 2%
Gallup[126] April 10, 1966 7% 12% 13% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |27% 4% 14% 5% 6% 3%Template:Efn 9%
Gallup[127] April 1966 – – – – 11% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |34% – 17% 18%Template:Efn 20%
Gallup[127] July 10, 1966 – – – – 17% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |38% – 20% 11%Template:Efn 14%

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After November 1966

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Gallup[128] Nov. 25, 1966 31% – 8% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |39% 5% 11%Template:Efn 7%
Gallup[129]Template:Efn Feb. 12, 1967 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |39% 6% 7% 28% 11% 5%Template:Efn 4%
Gallup[130] March 19, 1967 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |39% 4% 8% 30% 9% 6%Template:Efn 4%
Gallup[131] May 21, 1967 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |43% 6% 7% 28% 7% 5%Template:Efn 4%
Gallup[132] July 12, 1967 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |39% 7% 11% 25% 10% 4%Template:Efn 4%
Gallup[133] Aug. 23, 1967 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |33% 6% 15% 26% 12% 5%Template:Efn 3%
Gallup[134] Aug. 22–26, 1967 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |35% 6% 11% 24% 14% 4%Template:Efn 6%
Gallup[134] Sep. 15–19, 1967 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |40% 9% 16% 14% 17% 2%Template:Efn 2%
Gallup[135] Nov. 19, 1967 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |42% 5% 13% 14% 15% 6%Template:Efn 5%
Gallup[136] Jan 1968 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |42% 5% 8% 12% 27% 4%Template:Efn 2%
Gallup[136] Feb. 21, 1968 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |51% 3% 8% 7% 25% 5%Template:Efn 1%
Gallup[137] July 28, 1968 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |60% 2% 7% – 23% 6%Template:Efn

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Head-to-head polling

Nixon v. Romney

Poll source Date(s) Template:Vert header Template:Vert header Template:Vert header
Gallup[138] Nov. 25, 1965 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |55% 38% 7%
Gallup[127] July 10, 1966 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |55% 40% 5%
Gallup[139] Nov. 1967 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |65% 31% 4%
Gallup[139] Jan. 31, 1968 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |68% 26% 6%

Statewide polling

New Hampshire

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Roper Research Associates[128] March 4, 1968 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |65% 9% 13% 13%Template:Efn

Primary race

Nixon was the front-runner for the Republican nomination and to a great extent the story of the Republican primary campaign and nomination is the story of one Nixon opponent after another entering the race and then dropping out.

Nixon's first challenger was Michigan Governor George W. Romney. Romney's grandfather, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had emigrated to Mexico in 1886 with his three wives and their children, after the U.S. federal government outlawed polygamy. However Romney's parents (monogamous under new church doctrine) retained their U.S. citizenship and returned to the United States with him and his siblings in 1912.[140] Questions were occasionally asked about Romney's eligibility to hold the office of President due to his birth in Mexico, given an asserted ambiguity in the United States Constitution over the phrase "natural-born citizen".[141][142] By February 1967, some newspapers were questioning Romney's eligibility given his Mexican birth.[143]

A Gallup poll in mid-1967 showed Nixon with 39%, followed by Romney with 25%. However, in a slip of the tongue, Romney told a news reporter that he had been "brainwashed" by the military and the diplomatic corps into supporting the Vietnam War; the remark led to weeks of ridicule in the national news media. As the year 1968 opened, Romney was opposed to further American intervention in Vietnam and had decided to run as the Republican version of Eugene McCarthy (The New York Times 2/18/1968). Romney's support slowly faded and he withdrew from the race on February 28, 1968. (The New York Times 2/29/1968).

Nixon won a resounding victory in the important New Hampshire primary on March 12, winning 78% of the vote. Anti-war Republicans wrote in the name of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, the leader of the GOP's liberal wing, who received 11% of the vote and became Nixon's new challenger. Nixon led Rockefeller in the polls throughout the primary campaign. Rockefeller defeated Nixon in the Massachusetts primary on April 30 but otherwise fared poorly in the state primaries and conventions.

By early spring, California Governor Ronald Reagan, the leader of the GOP's conservative wing, had become Nixon's chief rival. In the Nebraska primary on May 14, Nixon won with 70% of the vote to 21% for Reagan and 5% for Rockefeller. While this was a wide margin for Nixon, Reagan remained Nixon's leading challenger. Nixon won the next primary of importance, Oregon, on May 15 with 65% of the vote and won all the following primaries except for California (June 4), where only Reagan appeared on the ballot. Reagan's margin in California gave him a plurality of the nationwide primary vote, but when the Republican National Convention assembled, Nixon had 656 delegates according to a UPI poll (with 667 needed for the nomination).

Total popular vote

Endorsements

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List of Nelson Rockefeller endorsements
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Governors
Celebrities
Individuals

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List of George Romney endorsements
Representatives
Governors
Lieutenant governors

The convention

At the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida, Reagan and Rockefeller planned to unite their forces in a stop-Nixon movement, but the strategy fell apart when neither man agreed to support the other for the nomination. Rockefeller in particular was seen as unacceptable to Southern Conservatives. Nixon won the nomination on the first ballot. He was able to secure the nomination because of the support of many Southern delegates, after he and his subordinates made concessions to Strom Thurmond and Harry Dent.[163] Nixon then chose Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew to be his Vice-Presidential candidate, despite complaints from within the GOP that Agnew was an unknown quantity, and that a better-known and more popular candidate, such as Romney, should have been the Vice-Presidential nominee. However, Agnew was seen as a candidate who could appeal to Rockefeller Republicans, was acceptable to Southern Conservatives, and had a solid law-and-order record.[164] It was also reported that Nixon's first choice for running mate was his longtime friend and ally, Robert Finch, who was the lieutenant governor of California since 1967 and later his HEW Secretary, but Finch declined the offer.

The Republican Convention tally (667 needed to secure nomination)Template:Sfn
President (before switches) (after switches) Vice president Vice-presidential votes
Richard M. Nixon 692 1238 Spiro T. Agnew 1119
Nelson Rockefeller 277 93 George Romney 186
Ronald Reagan 182 2 John V. Lindsay 10
Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes 55 — Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke 1
Michigan Governor George Romney 50 — James A. Rhodes 1
New Jersey Senator Clifford Case 22 — Not voting 16
Kansas Senator Frank Carlson 20 — —
Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller 18 — —
Hawaii Senator Hiram Fong 14 — —
Harold Stassen 2 — —
New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay 1 — —

See also

Notes

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References

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  149. ↑ Scott was re-elected in 1970, defeating Democratic State Senator William Sesler by a margin of 51 to 45 percent. Scott served until January 3, 1977, and was elected Senate Minority Whip in January 1969.
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