1960 United States Senate election in Iowa

1960 United States Senate election in Iowa
← 1954 November 8, 1960 1966 →
 
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

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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% Decrease0.29
Democratic Herschel Loveless 595,119 48.08% Increase0.55
Total votes 1,237,762 100.00%

See also

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. ^ a b "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.