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1968 United States presidential election: Candidate: George Wallace Governor of Alabama (1963–1967, 1971–1979, 1983–1987) First Gentleman of Alabama (1967–1968) Gen. Curtis LeMay Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force (1961–1965) Affiliation: American Independent Party: Status: Announced: February 8, 1968 Lost election: November 5, 1968 ...
It is also the last election in which any third-party candidate won an entire state's electoral votes, with Wallace carrying five states. [114] This is one of two times in American history that a former vice president and an incumbent vice president were major party nominees, after 1800.
State results where a major-party candidate received above 1% of the state popular vote from a third party cross-endorsement (1896–present) It is rare for candidates, other than those of the six parties which have succeeded as major parties ( Federalist Party , Democratic-Republican Party , National Republican Party , Democratic Party , Whig ...
As of 2024, Wallace is the most recent third-party Presidential candidate to win a state's entire share of electoral votes. Nixon became the first former (non-sitting) vice president to win a presidential election; he was the only person to achieve that until former Vice President Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election.
As expected, Wallace won the state Democratic primary in May, and was listed as the “Democratic” candidate on the Alabama ballot. [8] National Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey was able, [ 9 ] unlike Harry S. Truman and outgoing President Johnson, to gain ballot access on a fusion of the "Alabama Independent Democrat" and National ...
As of the 2024 election, he remains the most recent third-party candidate to receive pledged electoral college votes from any state. Wallace won election to the governorship again in 1970, and ran in the 1972 Democratic presidential primaries, having moderated his stance on segregation.
A third-party candidate, former Alabama Governor George Wallace, played a significant role by winning 7.97% of the vote. This marked the first time since 1948 that a losing presidential candidate carried Pennsylvania, and the first time ever that the candidate was a Democrat.
In early polls it was thought that Wallace would carry the state, [6] but a major swing against him and toward Republican nominee Richard Nixon during October and November saw Nixon win the state, with 39.5 percent of the vote, whilst Wallace's 31.3 percent still pushed Democratic nominee and incumbent Vice-President Hubert Humphrey into third ...