Election Name: | 1968 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary |
Country: | New Hampshire |
Flag Year: | 1931 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1964 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary |
Previous Year: | 1964 |
Next Election: | 1972 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary |
Next Year: | 1972 |
Image1: | Richard M. Nixon (color 3x4).jpg |
Candidate1: | Richard Nixon |
Color1: | FF8080 |
Home State1: | New York |
Popular Vote1: | 80,666 |
Percentage1: | 77.6% |
Candidate2: | Nelson Rockefeller (write-in) |
Home State2: | New York |
Popular Vote2: | 11,241 |
Percentage2: | 10.8% |
Colour2: | 5d73e5 |
See main article: 1968 Republican Party presidential primaries.
The 1968 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary was held on March 12, 1968, in New Hampshire as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1968 United States presidential election. While the nomination itself was contested, former Vice President Richard Nixon ran virtually unopposed in the Granite State, thus winning in a landslide. He defeated his nearest opponent, Nelson Rockefeller, (who was a write-in candidate) by 67 percentage points.[1] [2] [3] Nixon would go on to win the GOP nomination, and the presidency.