Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna March 1968, Johnson akaita chiziviso chake chinoshamisa chokuti aisazotsvaka kusarudzwazve, uye Humphrey akavamba nhimbe yake nokuda kwehutungamiri. Akavimbika kumitemo yehurumende yaJohnson paHondo yeVietnam, akashorwa nevakawanda mukati mebato rake uye akadzivisa sarudzo dzokutanga kuti afunge nezvokukunda nhume dzenyika dzisiri dzokutanga paDemocratic Convention
. Nzira yake yokugadza nhume yakabudirira mukusarudza, uye akasarudza Seneta Edmund Muskie somumiriri wake. Musarudzo huru, akapotsa akwanisa kuenzanisa Nixon mukuvhota kwakakurumbira asi akarasikirwa nevhoti yesarudzo nemusiyano wakakura. Pashure pokukundwa, akadzokera kuSeneti uye akashanda kubva muna 1971 kusvikira parufu rwake muna 1978.