Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna March 1968, Johnson akaita chiziviso chake chaisatarisirwa chokuti aisazotsvaka kusarudzwazve, uye Humphrey akatanga mushandirapamwe wake wokutsvaka kuva purezidhendi. Akavimbika kumitemo yehurumende yaJohnson pamusoro peHondo yeVietnam, akagamuchira kushorwa kubva kune vakawanda mukati mebato rake uye akadzivisa ma primaries kuti afunge nezvekukunda nhume dzenyika dzisiri dzepakutanga pa
Gungano reDemocratic. 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.