The 1960 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 8, 1960. Despite Republican Presidential candidate Richard Nixon defeating John F. Kennedy in the state by a close margin, popular incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Bartlett was re-elected to a full term in office, defeating Republican dentist Lee McKinley.
Bartlett was considered unbeatable within the state, having support from both Democrats & Republicans. Dentist Lee McKinley defeated Lawrence Brayton, a leader in the minor Alaska Party before the race, in the primary, with Brayton endorsing McKinley and becoming a campaign manager for the south-central district. The party did not provide much support to McKinley, who also did not campaign personally. McKinley pledged to stand against socialism and excessive federal intervention and spending. McKinley was unable to spark interest, except for one incident where his campaign plane, which fit in with his reputation as the "Flying Dentist", was downed, and McKinley was left stranded for a day before being found by a bush pilot.
McKinley later took Secretary of State Hugh Wade to court over irregularities with the ballot, including the inability to inform voters that they could cross party line to vote and that the option to vote for a straight-party ticket had been designed as a circle rather than a square. Spending remained low, with the highest budget coming from Bartlett's campaign, who self-admittedly raised only $13,000.[1]
^Slotnick, Herman E. “The 1960 Election in Alaska.” The Western Political Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 1, 1961, pp. 300–04. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/443850. Accessed 11 Apr. 2023.
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1960, united, states, senate, election, alaska, held, november, 1960, despite, republican, presidential, candidate, richard, nixon, defeating, john, kennedy, state, close, margin, popular, incumbent, democratic, senator, bartlett, elected, full, term, office, . The 1960 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 8 1960 Despite Republican Presidential candidate Richard Nixon defeating John F Kennedy in the state by a close margin popular incumbent Democratic U S Senator Bob Bartlett was re elected to a full term in office defeating Republican dentist Lee McKinley 1960 United States Senate election in Alaska 1958 November 8 1960 1966 Nominee Bob Bartlett Lee McKinley Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 38 041 21 937 Percentage 63 43 36 58 Results by election districtBartlett 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 McKinley 50 60 U S senator before election Bob Bartlett Democratic Elected U S Senator Bob Bartlett Democratic Bartlett was considered unbeatable within the state having support from both Democrats amp Republicans Dentist Lee McKinley defeated Lawrence Brayton a leader in the minor Alaska Party before the race in the primary with Brayton endorsing McKinley and becoming a campaign manager for the south central district The party did not provide much support to McKinley who also did not campaign personally McKinley pledged to stand against socialism and excessive federal intervention and spending McKinley was unable to spark interest except for one incident where his campaign plane which fit in with his reputation as the Flying Dentist was downed and McKinley was left stranded for a day before being found by a bush pilot McKinley later took Secretary of State Hugh Wade to court over irregularities with the ballot including the inability to inform voters that they could cross party line to vote and that the option to vote for a straight party ticket had been designed as a circle rather than a square Spending remained low with the highest budget coming from Bartlett s campaign who self admittedly raised only 13 000 1 Contents 1 Republican primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 General election 2 1 Results 3 See also 4 ReferencesRepublican primary editCandidates edit Lawrence M Brayton Lee McKinley dentist and Territorial Representative 1953 1955 Results edit 1960 Republican U S Senate primary 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican Lee McKinley 8 867 68 22 Republican Lawrence M Brayton 4 131 31 78 Total votes 12 998 100 00 General election editResults edit General election results 3 4 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bob Bartlett inc 38 041 63 43 nbsp 20 40 Republican Lee McKinley 21 937 36 58 nbsp 21 63 Total votes 59 978 100 00 See also edit1960 United States Senate electionsReferences edit Slotnick Herman E The 1960 Election in Alaska The Western Political Quarterly vol 14 no 1 1961 pp 300 04 JSTOR https doi org 10 2307 443850 Accessed 11 Apr 2023 Our Campaigns AK US Senate R Primary www ourcampaigns com Our Campaigns AK 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 7 1960 PDF U S Government Printing Office nbsp nbsp This Alaska elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1960 United States Senate election in Alaska amp oldid 1206780495, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
