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Election 1960 Results

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1960 US Senate election in Illinois

Paul H. Douglas (Democrat) beat Samuel W. Witwer (Republican) in Illinois in 1960, 54.6% to 45.2%, a margin of 9.4 points and 437,097 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1954, when Paul H. Douglas also won.

Republicans led in 55 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 47. The largest, Cook, cast 2,383,830 votes and went to the Democrat by 18.4 points. The closest was Hamilton, where 38 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Paul H. Douglas won Democratic 2,530,943 54.6%
Samuel W. Witwer Republican 2,093,846 45.2%
All other candidates 8,007 0.2%
Total4,632,796

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,407,745 59.1% 970,050 40.7% 6,035 2,383,830 D+18.4
Du Page 53,367 37.1% 90,497 62.9% 112 143,976 R+25.8
Lake 51,581 46.2% 59,993 53.7% 104 111,678 R+7.5
St. Clair 69,756 67.5% 33,404 32.3% 226 103,386 D+35.2
Madison 63,356 66.6% 31,639 33.3% 85 95,080 D+33.4
Winnebago 44,731 51.2% 42,581 48.7% 68 87,380 D+2.5
Kane 35,916 42.3% 48,911 57.6% 49 84,876 R+15.3
Peoria 43,482 52.7% 39,026 47.3% 58 82,566 D+5.4
Will 44,086 53.6% 38,061 46.3% 53 82,200 D+7.3
Sangamon 39,189 52.0% 36,196 48.0% 43 75,428 D+4.0
Rock Island 36,647 56.5% 28,154 43.4% 69 64,870 D+13.1
La Salle 28,923 53.8% 24,807 46.1% 26 53,756 D+7.7
Macon 29,755 57.0% 22,354 42.8% 65 52,174 D+14.2
Vermilion 22,465 49.7% 22,721 50.2% 46 45,232 R+0.6
Tazewell 24,970 57.2% 18,688 42.8% 21 43,679 D+14.4
Champaign 19,424 44.5% 24,020 55.1% 179 43,623 R+10.5
McLean 15,971 42.1% 21,893 57.8% 29 37,893 R+15.6
McHenry 14,454 38.2% 23,352 61.7% 42 37,848 R+23.5
Kankakee 18,742 51.2% 17,824 48.7% 18 36,584 D+2.5
Adams 17,608 54.5% 14,667 45.4% 27 32,302 D+9.1
Knox 13,454 46.1% 15,743 53.9% 10 29,207 R+7.8
Whiteside 10,297 39.2% 15,914 60.6% 43 26,254 R+21.4
Williamson 13,350 54.5% 11,125 45.4% 14 24,489 D+9.1
Henry 11,263 46.8% 12,803 53.2% 16 24,082 R+6.4
Macoupin 14,300 59.9% 9,562 40.0% 22 23,884 D+19.8
Franklin 12,958 58.7% 9,088 41.2% 31 22,077 D+17.5
De Kalb 7,961 36.2% 13,991 63.7% 12 21,964 R+27.5
Fulton 11,609 53.3% 10,127 46.5% 32 21,768 D+6.8
Stephenson 9,561 44.9% 11,698 54.9% 50 21,309 R+10.0
Coles 10,387 51.3% 9,861 48.7% 15 20,263 D+2.6
Bureau 8,574 42.7% 11,504 57.3% 13 20,091 R+14.6
Marion 10,305 52.4% 9,357 47.6% 13 19,675 D+4.8
Livingston 7,137 37.2% 12,051 62.8% 2 19,190 R+25.6
Christian 11,285 59.5% 7,678 40.5% 10 18,973 D+19.0
Jackson 9,871 53.0% 8,736 46.9% 12 18,619 D+6.1
Montgomery 10,050 57.5% 7,419 42.5% 8 17,477 D+15.1
Ogle 5,660 32.7% 11,633 67.3% 4 17,297 R+34.5
Jefferson 9,183 53.3% 8,047 46.7% 17,230 D+6.6
Iroquois 6,407 38.1% 10,383 61.8% 11 16,801 R+23.7
Morgan 8,220 49.1% 8,514 50.9% 4 16,738 R+1.8
Lee 6,534 40.0% 9,778 59.9% 5 16,317 R+19.9
Saline 7,858 51.3% 7,435 48.6% 14 15,307 D+2.8
Logan 6,906 47.1% 7,741 52.8% 10 14,657 R+5.7
Randolph 8,143 56.0% 6,381 43.9% 10 14,534 D+12.1
McDonough 5,423 39.6% 8,247 60.3% 8 13,678 R+20.6
Hancock 5,773 45.5% 6,906 54.5% 4 12,683 R+8.9
Woodford 4,947 40.6% 7,241 59.4% 7 12,195 R+18.8
Shelby 6,775 55.7% 5,382 44.2% 7 12,164 D+11.5
Edgar 5,617 46.4% 6,480 53.6% 3 12,100 R+7.1
Effingham 6,363 55.0% 5,208 45.0% 2 11,573 D+10.0
Perry 5,847 51.3% 5,540 48.6% 1 11,388 D+2.7
Pike 6,303 56.3% 4,890 43.7% 8 11,201 D+12.6
Fayette 5,663 50.6% 5,526 49.4% 4 11,193 D+1.2
Warren 4,495 41.1% 6,425 58.8% 6 10,926 R+17.7
Crawford 5,186 47.7% 5,685 52.3% 1 10,872 R+4.6
Grundy 4,503 41.7% 6,294 58.3% 3 10,800 R+16.6
Clinton 5,561 53.2% 4,889 46.8% 7 10,457 D+6.4
White 5,559 53.8% 4,765 46.1% 7 10,331 D+7.7
Wayne 4,639 45.0% 5,674 55.0% 6 10,319 R+10.0
Jo Daviess 4,557 45.2% 5,523 54.7% 10 10,090 R+9.6
Lawrence 4,477 47.3% 4,992 52.7% 6 9,475 R+5.4
Clark 4,505 49.5% 4,587 50.4% 4 9,096 R+0.9
Carroll 3,499 38.5% 5,582 61.4% 3 9,084 R+22.9
Douglas 4,073 45.1% 4,952 54.8% 4 9,029 R+9.7
Boone 2,968 33.0% 6,018 66.9% 3 8,989 R+33.9
Mercer 3,854 43.8% 4,952 56.2% 1 8,807 R+12.5
Union 4,893 56.9% 3,699 43.0% 5 8,597 D+13.9
De Witt 4,176 49.0% 4,338 50.9% 3 8,517 R+1.9
Ford 3,019 36.4% 5,284 63.6% 8,303 R+27.3
Clay 3,961 47.8% 4,317 52.1% 8 8,286 R+4.3
Alexander 4,414 53.9% 3,757 45.9% 16 8,187 D+8.0
Greene 4,337 53.2% 3,810 46.7% 5 8,152 D+6.5
Jersey 4,438 54.8% 3,658 45.2% 5 8,101 D+9.6
Mason 4,482 55.9% 3,517 43.9% 15 8,014 D+12.0
Kendall 2,739 34.2% 5,266 65.8% 4 8,009 R+31.6
Richland 3,527 44.2% 4,442 55.7% 6 7,975 R+11.5
Washington 3,376 42.6% 4,534 57.2% 10 7,920 R+14.6
Monroe 3,926 49.7% 3,976 50.3% 3 7,905 R+0.6
Cass 4,172 55.6% 3,322 44.3% 6 7,500 D+11.3
Piatt 3,209 44.2% 4,045 55.7% 5 7,259 R+11.5
Wabash 3,592 50.4% 3,535 49.6% 3 7,130 D+0.8
Bond 3,332 47.6% 3,667 52.4% 4 7,003 R+4.8
Marshall 3,184 45.6% 3,799 54.4% 6 6,989 R+8.8
Massac 3,171 47.2% 3,541 52.7% 4 6,716 R+5.5
Moultrie 3,496 52.7% 3,137 47.3% 6,633 D+5.4
Jasper 3,384 54.3% 2,844 45.7% 1 6,229 D+8.7
Hamilton 3,115 50.2% 3,077 49.6% 11 6,203 D+0.6
Cumberland 2,785 52.5% 2,515 47.4% 4 5,304 D+5.1
Menard 2,332 46.3% 2,698 53.6% 3 5,033 R+7.3
Schuyler 2,487 49.6% 2,528 50.4% 2 5,017 R+0.8
Pulaski 2,474 52.1% 2,257 47.5% 16 4,747 D+4.6
Edwards 1,732 38.9% 2,711 60.9% 7 4,450 R+22.0
Gallatin 2,620 59.8% 1,755 40.0% 9 4,384 D+19.7
Stark 1,545 36.6% 2,666 63.2% 6 4,217 R+26.6
Henderson 1,863 44.7% 2,301 55.2% 2 4,166 R+10.5
Johnson 1,626 41.7% 2,266 58.2% 4 3,896 R+16.4
Scott 1,805 48.7% 1,902 51.3% 3 3,710 R+2.6
Brown 2,117 58.7% 1,488 41.3% 1 3,606 D+17.4
Hardin 1,614 48.0% 1,746 51.9% 2 3,362 R+3.9
Calhoun 1,685 54.5% 1,405 45.4% 4 3,094 D+9.0
Pope 1,077 41.3% 1,528 58.6% 1 2,606 R+17.3
Putnam 1,210 47.2% 1,350 52.7% 2 2,562 R+5.5

Counties as they stood in 1960; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Illinois Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Tammy Duckworth (D) D+15.3
2020 Richard J Durbin (D) D+16.0
2016 Tammy Duckworth (D) D+15.1
2014 Dick Durbin (D) D+10.9
2010 Mark Kirk (R) R+1.6
2008 Richard J. Durbin (D) D+39.3
2004 Barack Obama (D) D+42.9
2002 Richard J. Durbin (D) D+22.3
1998 Peter G. Fitzgerald (R) R+2.9
1996 Richard J. Durbin (D) D+15.4
1992 Carol Moseley-Braun (D) D+10.2
1990 Paul Simon (D) D+30.1
1986 Alan J. Dixon (D) D+31.4
1984 Paul Simon (D) D+1.9
1980 Alan J. Dixon (D) D+13.5
1978 Charles H. Percy (R) R+7.9
1974 Adlai Stevenson III (D) D+24.9
1972 Charles H. Percy (R) R+24.9
1968 Everett Dirksen (R) R+6.4
1966 Charles H. Percy (R) R+11.0
1962 Everett Dirksen (R) R+5.7
1960 Paul H. Douglas (D) D+9.4
1956 Everett Dirksen (R) R+8.4
1954 Paul H. Douglas (D) D+7.1
1950 Everett Dirksen (R) R+8.1
1948 Paul H. Douglas (D) D+10.5
1944 Scott W. Lucas (D) D+5.6
1942 C. Wayland Brooks (R) R+6.8
1938 Scott W. Lucas (D) D+3.0
1936 James H. Lewis (D) D+15.8
1932 William H. Dieterich (D) D+6.2
1930 James H. Lewis (D) D+33.3
1926 Frank L. Smith (R) R+3.7
1924 Charles S. Deneen (R) R+28.2
1920 William B. McKinley (R) R+40.0
1918 Medill McCormick (R) R+5.6
1914 Lawrence Y. Sherman (R) R+1.7