The 1968 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 5, 1968. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator

Birch Bayh Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (; January 22, 1928 – March 14, 2019) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1963 to 1981. He was first elected to office in 1954, when he won election to the India ...

was re-elected to a second consecutive term in office, defeating Republican State Representative

William Ruckelshaus William Doyle Ruckelshaus (July 24, 1932 – November 27, 2019) was an American attorney and government official. Ruckelshaus served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1966 to 1968, and was the United States Assistant Attorney Genera ...

General election

Candidates

, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1963 *Ralph Lee (Socialist Workers) *L. Earl Malcom (Prohibition) *

, State Representative from

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Results

References

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General election

Candidates

Results

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