United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1960

United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1960
1958 (special) ←
 8 November 1960
 → 1966
 
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 793,521 497,964
Percentage 61.44% 38.56%
Senator before election

B. Everett Jordan
Democratic

 Elected Senator

B. Everett Jordan
Democratic

The North Carolina United States Senate election of 1960 was held on 8 November 1960 as part of the nation-wide elections to the Senate. The general election was fought between the Democratic incumbent, B. Everett Jordan, and the Republican nominee, Wilkes County attorney and 1956 Republican gubernatorial nominee[1] Kyle Hayes. It was Jordan's first election to a full term, as he had been elected in a 1958 special election to complete the term of Kerr Scott, who had died in office. The simultaneous victories of Jordan, gubernatorial nominee Terry Sanford and presidential nominee John F. Kennedy marked the last time Democrats won all three top contests in North Carolina on the same day until 2008.

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Result

1960 North Carolina U.S. Senate election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic B. Everett Jordan 793,521 61.44
Republican Kyle Hayes 497,964 38.56
Turnout 1,291,485

Primaries

Democratic primary

To win the Democratic nomination for a full term, Jordan had to turn back a strong challenge from Addison Hewlett, the speaker of the state House of Representatives.

1960 North Carolina U.S. Senate Democratic primary election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic B. Everett Jordan 324,188 54.25
Democratic Addison Hewlett 217,899 36.47
Democratic Robert Gregory 31,463 5.27
Turnout 597,538

Republican primary

Kyle Hayes ran unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Footnotes

  1. ^ New York Times: Patron Dead, Town Goes on the Block (1994)
  2. ^ a b "North Carolina DataNet #46". University of North Carolina. April 2008. http://southnow.org/southnow-publications/nc-datanet/DataNet%20April08.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-09. 
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