1960 Illinois gubernatorial election

none related races 1960 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1960 Illinois gubernatorial election Illinois 1915 presidential no 1956 Illinois gubernatorial election 1956 November 8, 1960 1964 Illinois gubernatorial election 1964 File:Otto Kerner (Illinois Blue Book Portrait 1961-1962).png 150x150px Otto Kerner Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 2,594,731 55.51% File:William G. Stratton (Illinois Blue Book Portrait 1959-1960) (cropped).jpg William Stratton Republican Party (United States) 2,070,479 44.30% 1960 Illinois gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 160px County resultsKerner: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Stratton: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Governor William Stratton Republican Party (United States) Otto Kerner Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 84.99% 2.30 pp The 1960 Illinois gubernatorial election was held in Illinois on November 8, 1960.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 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1960/1960%20GE%20and%20PE%20Part%201.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220720032138/https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1960/1960%20GE%20and%20PE%20Part%201.pdf dead July 20, 2022 Illinois State Board of Elections 4 July 2020 Heading into this election, Stratton was seen as vulnerable to being unseated if the Democrats ran a strong candidate, as he had only narrowly won reelection in 1956 (despite a strong overall performance by the Republican party in the state that year), and since the Democratic Party had nationally had a strong performance in the 1958 elections.Cohen Adam Taylor Elizabeth American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation 2001 Little, Brown 978-0-7595-2427-9 146–148 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=nGem2g467GAC en Incumbent Governor William Stratton, a Republican seeking a third term, lost reelection to Democrat Otto Kerner Jr. Background The primaries and general election both coincided with those for federal offices (United States President, House, and United States Senate) and those for other state offices. The election was part of the 1960 Illinois elections. In the primaries, turnout was 37.54%, with 1,910,956 votes cast.OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1986/1986%20GE.PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20220602085116/https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1986/1986%20GE.PDF dead June 2, 2022 www.elections.il.gov Illinois State Board of Elections 10 April 2020 In the general election, turnout was 84.99%, with 4,674,187 votes cast. Primaries Primaries were held on April 12, 1960. Democratic primary Names floated as potential Democratic contenders included former Illinois Governor John Stelle, former Illinois Attorney General John Edward Cassidy, former United States Senator Scott W. Lucas, President of the Chicago Board of Education Sargent Shriver, and Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley, all of whom opted not to run.McFadden Robert D. 2011-01-18 R. Sargent Shriver, Peace Corps Leader, Dies at 95 https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/us/politics/19shriver.html 2024-05-16 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 Daley, the head of the Cook County Democratic Party and a political boss, helped slate Otto Kerner for the nomination. Kerner won the Democratic primary. Candidates Ran Otto Kerner Jr., judge of the Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County Joseph D. Lohman, treasurer of Illinois and former Cook County sheriff Stephen A. Mitchell, former chairman of the Democratic National CommitteeHayes Charles Rough-and-Tumble Election https://www.newspapers.com/image/72063675 Newspapers.com Arlington Heights Herald 1 August 2021 en 7 Jan 1960 Declined to run John Edward Cassidy, former Illinois attorney general Richard J. Daley, mayor of Chicago and chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party John Gleason, vice president of First National Bank of Chicago and former national commander of the American Legion Scott W. Lucas, former United States senator James L. O'Keefe, 1956 Democratic nominee for Illinois attorney general Paul Powell, speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Sargent Shriver, President of the Chicago Board of Education John Stelle, former governor of Illinois Results Gubernatorial Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Otto Kerner 649,253 60.89 Democratic Party (United States) Joseph D. Lohman 232,345 21.79 Democratic Party (United States) Stephen A. Mitchell 184,651 17.32 1,066,249 100 Republican Gubernatorial Republican primary Republican Party (United States) William G. Stratton (incumbent) 499,365 59.12 Republican Party (United States) Hayes Robertson 345,340 40.88 2 0.00 844,707 100 General election Gubernatorial election Democratic Party (United States) Otto Kerner Jr. 2,594,731 55.51 Republican Party (United States) William G. Stratton (incumbent) 2,070,479 44.30 Socialist Labor Party (United States) Edward C. Cross 8,976 0.19 1 0.00 4,674,187 100 References Illinois Category:Illinois gubernatorial elections gubernatorial