1962 United States Senate election in Illinois

1962 United States Senate election in Illinois
Turnout	72.66%
	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	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 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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "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]}
^ ^a ^b ^c Illinois Blue Book 1961-1962. Illinois Secretary of State. p. 911. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF). www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 10, 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1962" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
^ Illinois Blue Book 1963-1964. Illinois Secretary of State. p. 979. Retrieved April 2, 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

[results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "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]}

[bluebookprimary-2] Illinois Blue Book 1961-1962. Illinois Secretary of State. p. 911. Retrieved April 2, 2020.

[1986GE-3] "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF). www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 10, 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[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)

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