Election Name: | 1962 United States Senate election in Illinois |
Country: | Illinois |
Flag Year: | 1915 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1956 United States Senate election in Illinois |
Previous Year: | 1956 |
Next Election: | 1968 United States Senate election in Illinois |
Next Year: | 1968 |
Election Date: | November 6, 1962 |
Image1: | EverettDirksen (1).jpg |
Nominee1: | Everett M. Dirksen |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,961,202 |
Percentage1: | 52.87% |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 1,748,007 |
Percentage2: | 47.13% |
Map Size: | x300px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
Turnout: | 72.66% |
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.
The primaries and general election coincided with those for congress and state elections.
Primaries were held on April 10.[1]
Turnout in the primary elections was 33.36%, with a total of 1,815,849 votes cast.[1] [2]
Turnout during the general election was 72.66%, with 3,709,209 votes cast.[1] [2]
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]