1960 United States Senate election in Iowa

1960 United States Senate election in Iowa

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Nominee Jack Miller Herschel Loveless Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 642,643 595,119 Percentage 51.92% 48.08%

County results Miller:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80% Loveless:     50-60%     60-70%

U.S. senator before election Thomas E. Martin Republican Elected U.S. Senator Jack Miller Republican

The 1960 United States Senate election in Iowa took place on November 8, 1960. Incumbent Republican Senator Thomas E. Martin did not run for re-election to a second term. Jack Miller won the open seat by defeating Democratic Governor Herschel Loveless.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Rollo Bergeson, former Iowa Secretary of State (1946–49) ^[1]
• Dayton Countryman, former Iowa Attorney General (1955–57) and candidate for Senate in 1956
• Jack Miller, State Senator from Sioux City
• Ernest Seemann, perennial candidate
• Kenneth Stringer
• Oliver Reeve

Results

1960 Republican Senate primary ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Miller	66,455	30.80%
	Republican	Dayton Countryman	62,500	28.96%
	Republican	Rollo Bergeson	31,559	14.63%
	Republican	Kenneth Stringer	29,927	13.87%
	Republican	Oliver Reeve	14,414	6.68%
	Republican	Ernest J. Seemann	10,931	5.07%
Total votes			215,786	100.00%

Miller was formally nominated at a party convention. ^[3]

General election

Results

1960 U.S. Senate election in Iowa ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jack Miller	642,643	51.92%	0.29
	Democratic	Herschel Loveless	595,119	48.08%	0.55
Total votes			1,237,762	100.00%

See also

• 1960 United States Senate elections

References

1. Petersen, William John (1952). The Story of Iowa. p. 138.
2. "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 06, 1960". www.ourcampaigns.com.
3. "Iowa Official Register 1961–1962" (PDF). pp. 350–51.
4. "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1960". www.ourcampaigns.com.
5. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1961). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1960" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.