1962 United States Senate election in Illinois

1962 United States Senate election in Illinois

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Turnout	72.66%
Nominee Everett M. Dirksen Sidney R. Yates Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,961,202 1,748,007 Percentage 52.87% 47.13%
County results Dirksen:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80% Yates:     50–60%     60–70%
U.S. senator before election Everett M. Dirksen Republican Elected U.S. Senator Everett M. Dirksen Republican

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.

Background

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

Primaries were held on April 10. ^{[1] [2]}

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		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		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 populous 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

See also

• 1962 United States Senate elections

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 July 1, 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. Illinois Blue Book 1961-1962. Illinois Secretary of State. p. 911. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
3. "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF). www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 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. Illinois Secretary of State. p. 979. Retrieved April 2, 2020.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)