1968 Lt. Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Election Results

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Data for this Contest was Contributed by rhenderson on 2007-05-17

Lt. Gubernatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

W. S. (Bill) Morris

Democratic

207,680

37.40%

Edward L. Dowd

Democratic

189,177

34.07%

John E. Downs

Democratic

75,193

13.54%

James W. (Jim) Shaffer

Democratic

47,686

8.59%

Bill Beeny

Democratic

12,479

2.25%

Daniel Preston Williams

Democratic

9,801

1.77%

Bill Bangert

Democratic

8,096

1.46%

Scott Ousley

Democratic

5,147

0.93%

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Turnout

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Demographic Data

1970 Population:	4,677,623	Enum.	1970 Population Density:	26.2	persons/km²
1960 Population:	4,319,813	Enum.	1960 Population Density:	24.2	persons/km²
Land Area (2000):	178,414	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	0.8	%

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: Missouri Secretary of State, "Primary Election Returns - Vote for Lt. Governor," Missouri Manual, 1969-1970 (Jefferson City, 1969)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

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