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The 1956 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 6, 1956 [1] to elect one of Illinois's members to the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen won reelection to a second term.
The primaries and general election coincided with those for federal offices (President and House) and state elections.
Primaries were held on April 10. [1]
Turnout in the primary elections was 26.26%, with a total of 1,307,357 votes cast. [1] [2]
Turnout during the general election was 81.74%, with 4,264,830 votes cast. [1] [3]
In 1955, Scott W. Lucas, who lost to Everett Dirksen in the 1950 election, explored a candidacy to "regain" his seat. Lucas faced opposition from organized labor for his perceived lukewarm support of their agenda. [4] Other candidates who publicly expressed interest were State Senator James Gray of East St. Louis, State Representative Richard Stengel of Rock Island, and Roy E. Yung of Springfield, a former director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture. [5] The Democratic Party nominated Richard Stengel, who ran unopposed in the primary. [6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Richard Stengel | 621,005 | 99.99 | |
| Write-in | Others | 50 | 0.01 | |
| Total votes | 621,055 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Everett McKinley Dirksen (incumbent) | 686,268 | 100 | |
| Write-in | Others | 34 | 0.01 | |
| Total votes | 686,302 | 100 | ||
Dirksen carried 88 of the state's 102 counties. [1] Among the 88 counties that Dirksen won was the state's most populous county, Cook County, in which Dirksen won with 51.13% to Stengel's 48.63%. [1] Despite losing in Cook County, Stengel performed better in the county than he did in the cumulative vote of the remaining 101 counties [1] In the cumulative vote of the state's other 101 counties, Dirksen won 57.32% to Stengel's 42.58%. [1] 51.97% of the votes cast in the election were from Cook County. [1]
While he lost the overall vote in Cook County as a whole, in Cook County's principal city, Chicago (where 37.79% of all votes cast in the election were from), Stengel won 54.33% of the vote to Dirksen's 45.37% [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Everett McKinley Dirksen (incumbent) | 2,307,552 | 54.11 | |
| Democratic | Richard Stengel | 1,949,883 | 45.72 | |
| Socialist Labor | Louis Fisher | 7,587 | 0.18 | |
| Write-in | Others | 8 | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | 4,264,830 | 100 | ||
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