1966 United States Senate election in New Jersey

1966 United States Senate election in New Jersey

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Nominee Clifford P. Case Warren W. Wilentz
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,278,843 788,021
Percentage 60.02% 36.98%

County results
Case:      50–60%      60–70%
Wilentz:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Clifford P. Case
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Clifford P. Case
Republican

The 1966 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Republican Clifford P. Case defeated Democratic nominee Warren W. Wilentz with 60.02% of the vote.

Primary elections were held on September 13, 1966.[1] Case was unopposed, while Wilentz easily won his primary over Dr. David Frost, who opposed the Vietnam War, and John J. Winberry, who ran on opposition to the state sales tax.[2]

  1. ^ "1966 Primary Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1966. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference primaryres was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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