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1960 United States Senate election in New Jersey
New Jersey
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no 91%https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/other/2022-1925-general-election-data.pdf General Election Data - 1924 to 2022 NJ.gov ( 20pp)
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Clifford P. Case
Republican Party (United States)
1,483,832
55.69%
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Thorn Lord
Democratic Party (United States)
1,151,385
43.21%
1960 United States Senate election in New Jersey results map by county.svg
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County resultsCase: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Lord: #7996e2 50–60%
U.S. Senator
Clifford P. Case
Republican Party (US)
Clifford P. Case
Republican Party (US)
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.https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1960-primary-election.pdf 1960 Primary Election Results Secretary of State of New Jersey 1960 June 1, 2019
Democratic primary
Candidates
Thorn Lord, chair of the Mercer County Democratic Party and former United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
Richard M. Glassner, Newark attorney
Results
Democratic primary results
Thorn Lord Democratic Party (United States) 177,429 81.55
Richard M. Glassner Democratic Party (United States) 40,134 18.45
217,563 100.00
Republican primary
Candidates
Clifford P. Case, incumbent United States Senator
David Dearborn, Union County businessman
Robert J. Morris, anti-communist activist
Results
Republican primary results
Clifford P. Case (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 230,802 63.72
Robert J. Morris Republican Party (United States) 120,729 33.33
David Dearborn Republican Party (United States) 10,687 2.95
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 Jerseyhttps://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1960-general-election.pdf 1960 General Election Results Secretary of State of New Jersey 1960 June 1, 2019
Republican Party (United States) Clifford P. Case (incumbent) 1,483,832 55.69% 7.03
Democratic Party (United States) Thorn Lord 1,151,385 43.21% 5.26
New Jersey Conservative Party Winifred O. Perry 13,756 0.52%
Socialist Workers Party (United States) Gladys Grauer 11,784 0.44%
Socialist Labor Party of America Albert Ronis 3,599 0.14%
332,447
2,664,356 12.48%
Republican Party (United States)
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% 390Passaic 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
Burlington
Camden
Essex
Passaic
Warren
References
1960
New Jersey
United States Senate