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1960, united, states, senate, election, illinois, took, place, november, 1960, incumbent, democratic, united, states, senator, paul, douglas, reelected, third, term, 1954, november, 1960, 1966, turnout84, nominee, paul, douglas, samuel, witwer, party, democrat. The 1960 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 8 1960 1 Incumbent Democratic United States Senator Paul Douglas was reelected to a third term 1960 United States Senate election in Illinois 1954 November 8 1960 1966 Turnout84 24 Nominee Paul Douglas Samuel W Witwer Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2 530 945 2 093 846 Percentage 54 63 45 20 County resultsDouglas 50 60 60 70 Witwer 50 60 60 70 U S senator before election Paul Douglas Democratic Elected U S Senator Paul Douglas Democratic Contents 1 Election information 1 1 Turnout 2 Democratic primary 2 1 Results 3 Republican primary 3 1 Candidates 3 2 Results 4 Socialist Labor nomination 5 General election 5 1 Results 6 See also 7 ReferencesElection information editThe primary held on April 12 and general election coincided with those for other federal offices President and House and those for state elections 1 Turnout edit Turnout in the primaries was 32 98 with a total of 1 678 954 votes cast 1 2 Turnout during the general election was 84 24 with 4 632 796 votes cast 1 2 Democratic primary editIncumbent Paul Douglas was renominated running unopposed Results edit Democratic primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Paul H Douglas Incumbent 916 951 100 Write in Others 8 0 00 Total votes 916 959 100Republican primary editSamuel W Witwer won a crowded Republican primary Witwer was an attorney known for his work on both state and federal constitutional reforms 3 Candidates edit John R Harrell John W Lewis Jr Illinois State Senator William H Rentschler newspaper publisher 4 Samuel W Witwer attorney 3 Warren E Wright former Illinois Treasurer Results edit Republican primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Samuel W Witwer 249 849 32 79 Republican Warren E Wright 226 449 29 72 Republican William H Rentschler 202 600 26 59 Republican John W Lewis Jr 48 989 6 43 Republican John R Harrell 34 106 4 48 Write in Others 2 0 00 Total votes 761 995 100Socialist Labor nomination editThe Socialist Labor Party of America nominated Louis Fisher General election editResults edit United States Senate election in Illinois 1966 1 5 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Paul H Douglas Incumbent 2 530 943 54 63 Republican Samuel W Witwer 2 093 846 45 20 Socialist Labor Louis Fisher 8 007 0 17 Majority 437 097 9 43 Turnout 4 632 796 Democratic holdSee also edit1960 United States Senate electionsReferences edit a b c d e f g OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 8 1960 JUDICIAL ELECTION 1959 1960 PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY APRIL 12 1960 PDF Illinois State Board of Elections Retrieved July 4 2020 permanent dead link 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 a b Samuel W Witwer Sr 90 attorney known chicagotribune com Chicago Tribune September 20 1998 Retrieved July 7 2020 WILLIAM H RENTSCHLER 1925 2009 chicagotribune com Chicago Tribune December 24 2009 Retrieved July 7 2020 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8 1960 PDF Clerk house gov Retrieved April 30 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1960 United States Senate election in Illinois amp oldid 1220516241, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
