1960 United States Senate election in New Jersey

1960 United States Senate election in New Jersey
November 8, 1960
 
Nominee Clifford P. Case Thorn Lord
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,483,832 1,151,385
Percentage 55.69% 43.21%
County results

Case:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Lord:      50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Clifford P. Case
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Clifford P. Case
Republican

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The 1960 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 8, 1960. Incumbent Republican Clifford P. Case defeated Democratic nominee Thorn Lord with 55.69% of the vote. This election was the first time since 1924 where an incumbent Republican Senator was re-elected to this seat.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on April 19, 1960.[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thorn Lord 177,429 81.55
Democratic Richard M. Glassner 40,134 18.45
Total votes 217,563 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clifford P. Case (incumbent) 230,802 63.72
Republican Robert J. Morris 120,729 33.33
Republican David Dearborn 10,687 2.95
Total votes 362,218 100.00

General election

Candidates

  • Clifford P. Case, incumbent U.S. Senator (Republican)
  • Gladys Grauer (Socialist Workers)
  • Thorn Lord, chair of the Mercer County Democratic Party and former United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey (Democratic)
  • Winifred O. Perry, insurance broker and former Verona councilman (Conservative)
  • Albert Ronis (Socialist Labor)

Results

1960 United States Senate election in New Jersey[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Clifford P. Case (incumbent) 1,483,832 55.69% 7.03
Democratic Thorn Lord 1,151,385 43.21% 5.26
Conservative Winifred O. Perry 13,756 0.52%
Socialist Workers Gladys Grauer 11,784 0.44%
Socialist Labor Albert Ronis 3,599 0.14%
Majority 332,447
Turnout 2,664,356 12.48%
Republican hold Swing

By county

County Case % Case votes Lord % Lord votes Other % Other votes
Atlantic 58.2% 41,746 39.7% 28,486 2.2% 1,520
Bergen 63.8% 233,814 35.6% 130,328 0.6% 2,361
Burlington 58.2% 45,895 41.7% 32,896 0.2% 127
Camden 52.6% 92,366 47.1% 82,756 0.4% 600
Cape May 65.2% 16,200 34.7% 8,631 0.01% 9
Cumberland 56.9% 24,521 43.0% 18,556 0.1% 48
Essex 50.7% 190,888 47.1% 177,163 2.3% 8,436
Gloucester 58.0% 35,288 41.9% 25,455 0.01% 54
Hudson 42.9% 121,775 56.0% 159,021 1.0% 2,975
Hunterdon 66.1% 15,732 33.5% 7,957 0.3% 98
Mercer 46.9% 54,715 52.8% 61,579 0.4% 355
Middlesex 48.8% 95,157 50.8% 99,204 0.4% 749
Monmouth 63.4% 86,497 36.1% 49,301 0.5% 639
Morris 70.4% 79,699 29.2% 33,070 0.4% 490
Ocean 64.7% 31,335 34.5% 16,736 0.8% 390
Passaic 50.7% 87,850 45.0% 77,996 4.3% 7,477
Salem 54.7% 14,133 45.2% 11,673 0.2% 40
Somerset 62.2% 37,869 37.1% 22,628 0.7% 420
Sussex 71.4% 16,403 28.5% 6,553 0.1% 21
Union 61.3% 145,445 37.7% 89,398 1.1% 2,509
Warren 57.9% 16,504 42.1% 11,998 0.1% 21

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

  1. ^ a b c "1960 Primary Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1960. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "1960 General Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1960. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
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