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1968-11-05 U.S. House Election Results for Alabama (District 05)

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Walter Flowers
(D)		 William Branch
(NDPA)		 Frank Donaldson
(R)		 Mike Simpson
(I)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 69,11056.2% 28,04022.8% 14,58211.9% 9,4297.7% 1,7241.4% 41,070 122,885
Total R vote: 14,582 (11.9%)      Total D vote: 69,110 (56.2%)      Total Other vote: 39,193 (31.9%)
* incumbent

Other candidates included: W.C. Gibbs (Conservative), 1,226 votes ; Richard Delaney (I), 497 votes


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Richard Manley 23,429 33.6%
2   Walter Flowers 20,279 29.1%
3   Carl Robinson 13,204 18.9%
4   Bruce Jones 6,634 9.5%
5   Ralph Brown 6,153 8.8%
TOTAL VOTES 69,699  
Democrat Runoff
1   Walter Flowers 29,271 51.5%
2   Richard Manley 27,537 48.5%