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1966 United States Senate election in New Jersey
← 1960 November 8, 1966 1972 →
 
Nominee Clifford P. Case Warren W. Wilentz
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,278,843 788,021
Percentage 60.02% 36.98%

County results
Case:      50–60%      60–70%
Wilentz:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Clifford P. Case
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Clifford P. Case
Republican

The 1966 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Republican Clifford P. Case defeated Democratic nominee Warren W. Wilentz with 60.02% of the vote.

Primary elections were held on September 13, 1966.[1] Case was unopposed, while Wilentz easily won his primary over Dr. David Frost, who opposed the Vietnam War, and John J. Winberry, who ran on opposition to the state sales tax.[2]

  • Jerry Charles Burmeister, patent development executive[3]
  • Clarence Coggins, Jersey City resident[3]
  • David Frost, research biologist and peace activist[2]
  • Warren W. Wilentz, former Middlesex County Attorney[2]
  • John J. Winberry, former Deputy Attorney General of New Jersey[2]
  • Clifford P. Case, incumbent Senator since 1955 (Republican)
  • Jules Levin (Socialist Labor)
  • Robert Lee Schlachter (Independent)
  • Warren W. Wilentz, former Middlesex County Attorney (Democratic)
  1. ^ a b c "1966 Primary Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1966. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Triumphant Wilentz Tackles Case". The Daily Home News. September 14, 1966. p. 1.
  3. ^ a b Soda, Ralph (September 14, 1966). "Splinter Foes Fail to Dent Party Armor". The Daily Home News. p. 1.
  4. ^ "1966 General Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1966. Retrieved May 4, 2019.