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Election 1962 Results

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1962 US Senate election in Illinois

Everett Dirksen (Republican) beat Sidney R. Yates (Democrat) in Illinois in 1962, 52.9% to 47.1%, a margin of 5.7 points and 213,195 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1956, when Everett Dirksen also won.

Republicans led in 86 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 16. The largest, Cook, cast 1,964,831 votes and went to the Democrat by 2.6 points. The closest was Cass, where 10 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
Everett Dirksen won Republican 1,961,202 52.9%
Sidney R. Yates Democratic 1,748,007 47.1%
All other candidates 7 0.0%
Total3,709,216

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,007,947 51.3% 956,884 48.7% 1,964,831 D+2.6
Du Page 32,210 27.6% 84,703 72.4% 116,913 R+44.9
Lake 33,123 37.4% 55,540 62.6% 6 88,669 R+25.3
St. Clair 42,632 61.5% 26,694 38.5% 69,326 D+23.0
Will 31,316 47.9% 34,128 52.1% 65,444 R+4.3
Sangamon 30,490 46.8% 34,650 53.2% 65,140 R+6.4
Madison 35,586 58.1% 25,686 41.9% 61,272 D+16.2
Winnebago 25,673 42.0% 35,471 58.0% 61,144 R+16.0
Kane 20,192 33.4% 40,320 66.6% 60,512 R+33.3
Peoria 24,982 44.5% 31,147 55.5% 56,129 R+11.0
Rock Island 20,451 46.2% 23,849 53.8% 44,300 R+7.7
La Salle 19,284 45.5% 23,076 54.5% 42,360 R+9.0
Macon 17,929 47.1% 20,098 52.9% 38,027 R+5.7
Vermilion 16,473 44.2% 20,781 55.8% 37,254 R+11.6
Champaign 11,454 35.1% 21,150 64.9% 32,604 R+29.7
Tazewell 14,811 45.8% 17,550 54.2% 32,361 R+8.5
Kankakee 13,318 44.2% 16,785 55.8% 1 30,104 R+11.5
McLean 10,556 36.5% 18,364 63.5% 28,920 R+27.0
McHenry 8,356 29.4% 20,105 70.6% 28,461 R+41.3
Adams 10,972 41.9% 15,208 58.1% 26,180 R+16.2
Knox 8,093 38.8% 12,742 61.2% 20,835 R+22.3
Williamson 10,875 52.2% 9,954 47.8% 20,829 D+4.4
Macoupin 11,147 54.9% 9,145 45.1% 20,292 D+9.9
Franklin 10,452 56.8% 7,949 43.2% 18,401 D+13.6
Fulton 8,865 48.5% 9,413 51.5% 18,278 R+3.0
Coles 7,384 42.2% 10,116 57.8% 17,500 R+15.6
Whiteside 5,431 31.2% 12,003 68.8% 17,434 R+37.7
Livingston 5,270 32.6% 10,888 67.4% 16,158 R+34.8
Henry 6,190 38.5% 9,903 61.5% 16,093 R+23.1
Marion 7,768 48.5% 8,264 51.5% 16,032 R+3.1
Bureau 5,305 34.5% 10,084 65.5% 15,389 R+31.1
Jackson 7,589 49.5% 7,741 50.5% 15,330 R+1.0
De Kalb 4,205 27.8% 10,915 72.2% 15,120 R+44.4
Christian 8,010 54.0% 6,837 46.0% 14,847 D+7.9
Jefferson 7,589 51.3% 7,211 48.7% 14,800 D+2.6
Morgan 6,073 42.4% 8,266 57.6% 14,339 R+15.3
Montgomery 7,176 50.4% 7,066 49.6% 14,242 D+0.8
Stephenson 4,683 33.9% 9,141 66.1% 13,824 R+32.2
Ogle 3,259 24.7% 9,957 75.3% 13,216 R+50.7
Randolph 6,243 48.7% 6,578 51.3% 12,821 R+2.6
Saline 6,545 51.1% 6,271 48.9% 12,816 D+2.1
Iroquois 3,741 29.5% 8,939 70.5% 12,680 R+41.0
Logan 4,589 37.2% 7,748 62.8% 12,337 R+25.6
Lee 3,486 31.6% 7,556 68.4% 11,042 R+36.9
Edgar 4,333 40.7% 6,321 59.3% 10,654 R+18.7
Effingham 4,902 46.1% 5,735 53.9% 10,637 R+7.8
Woodford 3,673 35.1% 6,792 64.9% 10,465 R+29.8
Hancock 3,702 36.8% 6,368 63.2% 10,070 R+26.5
McDonough 3,006 29.9% 7,045 70.1% 10,051 R+40.2
Clinton 4,421 44.9% 5,418 55.1% 9,839 R+10.1
Perry 4,727 48.4% 5,045 51.6% 9,772 R+3.3
Shelby 4,433 45.9% 5,224 54.1% 9,657 R+8.2
Fayette 4,561 47.3% 5,088 52.7% 9,649 R+5.5
Wayne 3,982 42.0% 5,491 58.0% 9,473 R+15.9
Pike 4,785 50.7% 4,650 49.3% 9,435 D+1.4
Warren 2,964 33.5% 5,883 66.5% 8,847 R+33.0
White 4,313 49.0% 4,489 51.0% 8,802 R+2.0
Crawford 3,315 38.8% 5,219 61.2% 8,534 R+22.3
Clark 3,559 43.1% 4,703 56.9% 8,262 R+13.8
Douglas 3,086 37.4% 5,159 62.6% 8,245 R+25.1
Mercer 2,983 37.0% 5,089 63.0% 8,072 R+26.1
Grundy 2,678 33.4% 5,343 66.6% 8,021 R+33.2
Lawrence 3,345 42.7% 4,487 57.3% 7,832 R+14.6
Clay 3,629 46.4% 4,200 53.6% 7,829 R+7.3
Monroe 3,331 44.2% 4,207 55.8% 7,538 R+11.6
Jo Daviess 2,631 35.2% 4,840 64.8% 7,471 R+29.6
Richland 2,917 40.1% 4,353 59.9% 7,270 R+19.8
Mason 3,419 48.7% 3,608 51.3% 7,027 R+2.7
Carroll 2,290 32.7% 4,720 67.3% 7,010 R+34.7
Ford 2,079 30.2% 4,808 69.8% 6,887 R+39.6
Jersey 3,243 48.3% 3,470 51.7% 6,713 R+3.4
Washington 2,533 37.9% 4,143 62.1% 6,676 R+24.1
Union 3,728 56.5% 2,870 43.5% 6,598 D+13.0
Greene 3,182 48.8% 3,345 51.2% 6,527 R+2.5
De Witt 2,487 38.6% 3,953 61.4% 6,440 R+22.8
Cass 3,194 50.1% 3,184 49.9% 6,378 D+0.2
Kendall 1,599 25.5% 4,677 74.5% 6,276 R+49.0
Piatt 2,309 38.2% 3,735 61.8% 6,044 R+23.6
Marshall 2,423 40.1% 3,613 59.9% 6,036 R+19.7
Alexander 2,304 38.8% 3,639 61.2% 5,943 R+22.5
Bond 2,600 44.7% 3,211 55.3% 5,811 R+10.5
Massac 2,219 38.3% 3,569 61.7% 5,788 R+23.3
Wabash 2,591 46.2% 3,021 53.8% 5,612 R+7.7
Boone 1,358 24.3% 4,237 75.7% 5,595 R+51.5
Hamilton 2,628 47.5% 2,907 52.5% 5,535 R+5.0
Moultrie 2,384 44.0% 3,040 56.0% 5,424 R+12.1
Jasper 2,564 48.3% 2,744 51.7% 5,308 R+3.4
Cumberland 2,301 47.2% 2,574 52.8% 4,875 R+5.6
Schuyler 1,936 41.6% 2,718 58.4% 4,654 R+16.8
Menard 1,900 41.4% 2,686 58.6% 4,586 R+17.1
Edwards 1,456 34.9% 2,719 65.1% 4,175 R+30.3
Pulaski 2,089 50.5% 2,044 49.5% 4,133 D+1.1
Gallatin 2,206 55.4% 1,777 44.6% 3,983 D+10.8
Johnson 1,501 39.3% 2,323 60.7% 3,824 R+21.5
Henderson 1,502 40.0% 2,257 60.0% 3,759 R+20.1
Scott 1,577 44.5% 1,970 55.5% 3,547 R+11.1
Brown 1,698 52.1% 1,558 47.9% 3,256 D+4.3
Stark 1,008 31.5% 2,192 68.5% 3,200 R+37.0
Hardin 1,443 47.1% 1,619 52.9% 3,062 R+5.7
Calhoun 1,383 48.1% 1,491 51.9% 2,874 R+3.8
Putnam 969 41.1% 1,390 58.9% 2,359 R+17.8
Pope 905 39.9% 1,365 60.1% 2,270 R+20.3

Counties as they stood in 1962; 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