1968 United States presidential election

=== Other major candidates ===

The following candidates were frequently interviewed by major broadcast networks, were listed in publicly published national polls, or ran a campaign that extended beyond their flying home delegation in the case of [[favorite son]]s.

Nixon received '''1,679,443 votes''' in the primaries.

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|- <sup>†</sup>
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; width:1000px; font-size:120%; color:white; background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|''Candidates in this section are sorted by date of withdrawal from the nomination race''
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Ronald Reagan]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Nelson Rockefeller]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Harold Stassen]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[George W. Romney]]
|-
|[[File:Ronald_Reagan_1966_(cropped).jpg|center|120x120px]]
|[[File:Nelson Rockefeller Philadelphia 1968 Service-pnp-gtfy-03400-03415v (cropped2).jpg|center|120x120px]]
|[[File:Harold Stassen.jpg|center|120x120px]]
|[[File:George W. Romney official portrait.jpg|center|120x120px]]
|- style="text-align:center"
|Governor of [[California]]<br /><small>(1967–1975)</small>
|Governor of [[New York (state)|New York]]<br /><small>(1959–1973)</small>
|Former president of the [[University of Pennsylvania]]<br /><small>(1948–1953)</small>
|Governor of [[Michigan]]<br /><small>(1963–1969)</small>
|- style="text-align:center"
|[[Ronald Reagan#California governorship (1967–1975)|Campaign]]
|[[Nelson Rockefeller#Presidential campaigns|Campaign]]
|
|[[George Romney 1968 presidential campaign|Campaign]]
|- style="text-align:center"
|''Lost nomination: August 8, 1968''<br /><small>'''1,696,632''' votes</small>
|''Lost nomination: August 8, 1968''<br /><small>'''164,340''' votes</small>
|''Lost nomination: August 8, 1968''<br /><small>'''31,665''' votes</small>
|''Withdrew: February 28, 1968''<br /><small>'''4,447''' votes</small>
|-
|}