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Close throughout the evening, Missouri finally fell into Humphrey's camp, with Wallace getting a surprisingly low percentage. Lt. Gov. Thomas Eagleton, a Democratic dove, defeated moderate conservative Thomas Curtis by a modest margin. Incumbent Gov. Warren E. Hearns swept to an easy victory over Republican challenger Lawrence K. Roos...
Nixon won North Carolina early in the evening as another Southern state turned in disappointing returns for Wallace. Lt. Gov. Robert W. Scott beat back a strong challenge by Rep. James C. Gardner, and Harvard Law School graduate Sam J. Ervin won re-election to his pereenial Senate seat. In the House, Republicans appear to have picked up one seat, leaving the North Carolina delegation at 7-4, still in favor of the Democrats. One of the victorious Republicans was ex-Cardinal pitcher Vinegar Bend Mizell...
...stopped coming from Texas at about mid-evening with Humphrey enjoying a slim lead, and expected to win, largely on the basis of Wallace's surprisingly poor showing. Wallace drew only about 16 per cent in Texas, a state which had been rated as a three-way toss-up. Lt. Gov. Preston Smith, more conservative than retiring Gov. John Connally, coasted to a comfortable victory over little-known Republican Paul Eggers. The Republicans evidently picked up one seat in the House, winning Joe Pool's West Dallas seat...
Secretary of State Edgar D. Whitcomb, a Republican, beat Democratic Lt. Gov. Robert L. Rock for the governorship of Indiana to succeed Democratic Gov. Roger D. Branigan, who was barred by law from running again...
...Vermont, a conservative Republican candidate, insurance company board chairman Deane C. Davis returned Vermont to its traditional Republican owners by defeating Democratic Lt. Gov. John J. Daley. In Vermont, as in New Hampshire the State House had been left vacant by popular Democratic governors who decided not to run again...