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The1968 New York state election was held on November 5, 1968, to elect a judge of theNew York Court of Appeals and aU.S. Senator, as well as all members of theNew York State Assembly and theNew York State Senate.
TheRepublican State Committee met on March 27 atAlbany, New York and designated U.S. Senator Jacob K. Javits, and endorsed the Democratic/Liberal Judge Adrian P. Burke, for re-election.[1]
TheDemocratic primary for U.S. Senator was won by Paul O'Dwyer, the brother of Mayor of New YorkWilliam O'Dwyer (in office 1946–1950).[2] Paul O'Dwyer gathered 25,000 signatures, and got on the primary ballot by petition on a peace platform and favoringEugene McCarthy to be nominated for president.[3] In a tight race, he defeatedNassau County ExecutiveEugene H. Nickerson, the candidate of the party bosses and supporter ofRobert F. Kennedy for president, and CongressmanJoseph Y. Resnick, the candidate who planned to backLyndon B. Johnson for re-election.[4] The vote was O'Dwyer 275,877; Nickerson 257,639; and Resnick 229,803.[5]
TheLiberal primary for U.S. Senator was won by the incumbent Republican Jacob K. Javits who defeated Murray Baron,[6] a former Liberal New York County Chairman.[7]
TheConservative State Committee met on April 2, and designated by acclamation James L. Buckley for the U.S. Senate, and endorsed the Democratic/Liberal Judge Adrian P. Burke for re-election.[8]
ThePeace and Freedom Party nominated Herman B. Ferguson, a former elementary-school assistant principal, for the U.S. Senate. Ferguson had been convicted of conspiring to murder moderate civil rights leadersRoy Wilkins andWhitney Young,[9] and his candidature was contested. On October 2, aNew York Supreme Court justice ruled that Ferguson was entitled to run.[10]
The incumbents Burke and Javits were re-elected.
| Ticket / Office | Republican ticket | Democratic ticket | Conservative ticket | Liberal ticket | Peace and Freedom ticket | Socialist Labor ticket | Socialist Workers ticket | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judge of the Court of Appeals | Adrian P. Burke | 2,590,598 | Adrian P. Burke | 2,578,460 | Adrian P. Burke | 418,542 | Adrian P. Burke | 299,078 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |||
| U.S. Senator | Jacob K. Javits | 2,810,836 | Paul O'Dwyer | 2,150,695 | James L. Buckley | 1,139,402 | Jacob K. Javits | 458,936 | Herman B. Ferguson | 8,775 | John Emanuel[11] | 7,964 | Hedda Garza[12] | 4,919 |
