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 home delegation in the case of [[favorite son]]s.

Humphrey received 166,463 votes in the primaries.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|- <sup>†</sup>
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center; width:1000px; font-size:120%; color:white; background:{{party color|Democratic 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%;"|[[Eugene McCarthy]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[George McGovern]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Channing E. Phillips]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Lester Maddox]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Robert F. Kennedy]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
|-
|[[File:1964 Portrait Eugene McCarthy (cropped).jpg|center|120x120px]]
|[[File:George McGovern (D-SD) (3x4-1).jpg|center|120x120px]]
|[[File:Channing Phillips at his desk at the NEH.jpg|center|120x120px]]
|[[File:Lester Maddox.jpg|center|120x120px]]
|[[File:Robert F Kennedy crop.jpg|center|120x120px]]
|[[File:Lbj2 (cropped).jpg|center|125x125px]]
|- style="text-align:center"
|U.S. senator from [[Minnesota]]<br /><small>(1959–1971)</small>
|U.S. senator from [[South Dakota]]<br /><small>(1963–1981)</small>
|Reverend at [[Lincoln Temple United Church of Christ|Lincoln Temple]]<br />from [[Washington, D.C.]]
|Governor of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]<br /><small>(1967–1971)</small>
|U.S. senator from [[New York (state)|New York]]<br /><small>(1965–1968)</small>
|36th <br /> [[President of the United States]]<br /><small>(1963–1969)</small>
|- style="text-align:center"
|[[Eugene McCarthy 1968 presidential campaign|Campaign]]
|[[George McGovern#1968 presidential and Senate campaigns|Campaign]]
|[[Channing E. Phillips|Campaign]]
|
|[[Robert F. Kennedy 1968 presidential campaign|Campaign]]
|[[Hubert Humphrey 1968 presidential campaign#Lyndon Johnson campaign|Campaign]]
|- style="text-align:center"
|''Lost nomination: August 29, 1968''<br /><small>'''2,914,933''' votes</small>
|''Lost nomination: August 29, 1968''<br /><small>0 votes</small>
|''Lost nomination: August 29, 1968''<br /><small>0 votes</small>
|''Withdrew and endorsed George Wallace: August 28, 1968''<br /><small>0 votes</small>
|''[[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|Assassinated]]: June 5, 1968''<br /><small>'''2,305,148''' votes</small>
|''Withdrew: March 31, 1968''<br /><small>'''383,590''' votes</small>
|-
|}