Electoral history of Eugene McCarthy, United States Senator (1959–1971) and Representative (1949–1959) from Minnesota. He was a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (Democratic Party on the national level). McCarthy was also a candidate for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination, coming first in the primaries. He later ran for President four times. House and Senate races (1948-1964) Minnesota's 4th congressional district, 1948: Eugene McCarthy (DFL) - 78,476 (59.43%) Edward Devitt (R) (inc.) - 53,574 (40.57%) Minnesota's 4th congressional district, 1950: Eugene McCarthy (DFL) (inc.) - 59,930 (60.39%) Ward Fleming (R) - 39,307 (39.61%) Minnesota's 4th congressional district, 1952: Eugene McCarthy (DFL) (inc.) - 98,015 (61.71%) Roger G. Kennedy (R) - 60,827 (38.29%) Minnesota's 4th congressional district, 1954: Eugene McCarthy (DFL) (inc.) - 81,651 (63.01%) Dick Hansen (R) - 47,933 (36.99%) Minnesota's 4th congressional district, 1956: Eugene McCarthy (DFL) (inc.) - 103,320 (64.07%) Edward C. Slettedahl (R) - 57,947 (35.93%) United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1958: Eugene McCarthy (DFL) - 608,847 (52.95%) Edward John Thye (R) (inc.) - 535,629 (46.58%) William M. Curran (Socialist Workers) - 5,407 (0.47%) United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1964: Eugene McCarthy (DFL) (inc.) - 931,363 (60.34%) Wheelock Whitney, Jr. (R) - 605,933 (39.26%) William Braatz (Industrial Government) - 3,947 (0.26%) Everett E. Luoma (Socialist Workers) - 2,357 (0.15%) 1968 presidential election New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, 1968: Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 27,520 (49.62%) Eugene McCarthy - 23,263 (41.94%) Richard Nixon - 2,532 (4.57%) Robert F. Kennedy - 606 (1.09%) Paul C. Fisher - 506 (0.91%) Nelson Rockefeller - 249 (0.45%) George Wallace - 201 (0.36%)New Hampshire Democratic vice presidential primary, 1968: Hubert Humphrey (inc.) - 7,622 (56.25%) Robert F. Kennedy - 2,833 (20.91%) Eugene McCarthy - 1,105 (8.16%) Paul C. Fisher - 858 (6.33%) Lyndon B. Johnson - 385 (2.84%) Claude R. Kirk, Jr. - 339 (2.50%) John A. Volpe - 205 (1.51%) Richard Nixon - 159 (1.17%) George Wallace - 44 (0.33%)Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, 1968: Eugene McCarthy - 412,160 (56.23%) Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 253,696 (34.61%) Robert F. Kennedy - 46,507 (6.35%) None of These Candidates - 11,861 (1.62%) George Wallace - 4,031 (0.55%) Hubert Humphrey - 3,605 (0.49%) Scattering - 1,142 (0.16%)Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, 1968: Eugene McCarthy - 428,891 (71.49%) Robert F. Kennedy - 65,430 (10.91%) Hubert Humphrey - 51,998 (8.67%) George Wallace - 24,147 (4.03%) Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) - 21,265 (3.54%) Richard Nixon - 3,434 (0.57%)