1962 United States Senate election in Illinois

The 1962 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 6, 1962[1] to elect one of Illinois's members to the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator and Minority Leader Everett Dirksen won re-election to his third term.

1962 United States Senate election in Illinois
November 6, 1962
Turnout72.66%
 
Nominee Everett M. Dirksen Sidney R. Yates
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,961,202 1,748,007
Percentage 52.87% 47.13%
Senator before election

Everett M. Dirksen
Republican

 Elected Senator

Everett M. Dirksen
Republican

Elections in Illinois

Election information

The primaries and general election coincided with those for congress and state elections.

Primaries were held on April 10.[1][2]

Turnout

Turnout in the primary elections was 33.36%, with a total of 1,815,849 votes cast.[1][3]

Turnout during the general election was 72.66%, with 3,709,209 votes cast.[1][3]

Democratic primary
Democratic primary[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sidney R. Yates 744,128 77.25
Democratic Lar "America First" Daly 219,169 22.75
Write-in Others 3 0.00
Total votes 963,300 100

Republican primary
Republican primary[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Everett McKinley Dirksen (incumbent) 742,973 87.15
Republican Harley D. Jones 109,574 12.85
Write-in Others 2 0.00
Total votes 852,549 100

General election

Dirksen carried 86 of the state's 102 counties.[1] Among the counties that Yates carried over Dirksen was the state's most populace county, Cook County, in which Yates won with 51.30% to Dirksen's 48.70%.[1] 52.97% of all votes cast in the election were from Cook County.[1] In the combined vote of the state's other 101 counties, Dirksen won 57.58% to Yates' 42.43%.[1]

General election[1][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Everett McKinley Dirksen (incumbent) 1,961,202 52.87
Democratic Sidney R. Yates 1,748,007 47.13
Majority 213,195 5.74
Total votes 3,709,209 100
Republican hold
gollark: How goes your zettelkastenöus thing?
gollark: Fascinating.
gollark: But I like the current color.
gollark: I'm guessing. I'd like an actual answer from them but I don't think they'll give one.
gollark: Perhaps they feel some unfathomable sense of satisfaction at... temporarily holding people's attention?

See also

References
  1. "OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 6, 1960 JUDICIAL ELECTION, 1961–1962 • PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, APRIL, 10, 1962" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. Illinois Blue Book 1961-1962. Illinois Secretary of State. p. 911. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF). www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1962" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  5. Illinois Blue Book 1963-1964. www.idaillinois.org. Illinois Secretary of State. p. 979. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.