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.
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Republican primary
editCandidates
edit- 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
edit| 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
editResults
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jack Miller | 642,643 | 51.92% |  0.29
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| Democratic | Herschel Loveless | 595,119 | 48.08% |  0.55
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| Total votes | 1,237,762 | 100.00% | |||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Petersen, William John (1952). The Story of Iowa. p. 138.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 06, 1960". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ a b "Iowa Official Register 1961–1962" (PDF). pp. 350–51.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1960". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1961). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1960" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.