nov 5, 1968 - Baxter Wins Election

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Baxter runs as a youthful, activist Democrat with a clear New Deal–style domestic agenda and a plan to end the Cuban occupation responsibly. Nixon’s party is fractured: moderates are disillusioned, conservatives are angry, and the GOP is in disarray.

Wallace and the American Heritage Party gets 5% of the vote, mostly in the Deep South.

Senate:
Democrats: 60
Republicans: 40
House:
Democrats: 260
Republicans: 175

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