1960_United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa

1960 United States Senate election in Iowa

1960 United States Senate election in Iowa

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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.

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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

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Miller was formally nominated at a party convention.[3]

General election

Results

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Petersen, William John (1952). The Story of Iowa. p. 138.
  2. [2]
    "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 06, 1960". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  3. [3]
    "Iowa Official Register 1961–1962" (PDF). pp. 350–51.
  4. [4]
    "Our Campaigns - IA US Senate Race - Nov 08, 1960". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  5. [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.
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