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| Office | Senate |
| Type | Control Indicator |
| Filing Deadline | 00, 1962 - 12:00pm |
| Polls Open | November 06, 1962 - 06:00am |
| Polls Close | November 08, 1966 - 08:00pm |
| Term Start | January 03, 1967 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | January 03, 1969 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modified | Chronicler July 31, 2005 01:31pm |
| Data Sources | Dubin, pp. 639-658. |
| Description | The Republican Party won their first national victory in U.S. Senate races in 1966 since 1952. They won a 51-48% victory overall, for a net gain of four seats. The new Senate had 64 Democrats and 36 Republicans.
Races in 1966:
North (non-former CSA): R-15, D-8
South (former CSA): D-9, R-3
Overall: R-18, D-17
New U.S. Senators: Percy (R-IL), Brooke (R-MA), Griffin (R-MI), Hatfield (R-OR), Hollings (D-SC), Baker (R-TN), Byrd (D-VA), Spong (D-VA), Hanson (R-WY).
Nationwide totals for 1966:
Republican 13,655,392 - 50.7%
Democratic 12,970,141 - 48.1
Independent 157,435 - 0.6
Constitution 129,005 - 0.5
Socialist Labor 28,405 - 0.1
Prohibition 16,278
Socialist Workers 5,487 |
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Republican Party Control |
Constitution Party Control |
Independent Control |
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Socialist Labor Party Control |
Socialist Workers Party Control |
| Party | Democratic |
Republican |
Constitution |
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Socialist Labor |
Socialist Workers |
| Votes |  61,731,525 (52.51%) |
54,875,072 (46.68%) |
476,352 (0.41%) |
182,342 (0.16%) |
175,551 (0.15%) |
46,991 (0.04%) |
46,991 (0.04%) |
| Margin | 0 (0.00%) |
-6,856,453 (-5.83%) |
-61,255,173 (-52.10%) |
-61,549,183 (-52.35%) |
-61,555,974 (-52.36%) |
-61,684,534 (-52.47%) |
-61,684,534 (-52.47%) |
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| Finances | $0.00 |
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Prohibition Party Control |
| Party | Prohibition |
| Votes | 34,784 (0.03%) |
| Margin | -61,696,741 (-52.48%) |
| Predict Avg. | 0.00% |
| Finances | $0.00 |
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