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1962 U.S. Senate election results

33 races · 33 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. Senate contest in the 1962 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1962 U.S. Senate results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaLister HillD201,937 votes · +6,803 over James B. Martin
AlaskaErnest J. GrueningD33,827 votes · +9,473 over Ted Stevens
ArkansasJ. William FulbrightD214,867 votes · +116,854 over Robert A. Jones
CaliforniaThomas H. KuchelR3,180,483 votes · +727,644 over Richard Richards
ColoradoPeter H. DominickR328,655 votes · +49,069 over John A. Carroll
ConnecticutAbraham A. RibicoffD527,522 votes · +25,828 over Horace Seely-Brown
FloridaGeorge A. SmathersD657,633 votes · +376,252 over Emerson Rupert
GeorgiaHerman E. TalmadgeD306,250 votes
HawaiiDaniel K. InouyeD136,294 votes · +75,687 over Ben F. Dillingham
IdahoFrank ChurchD141,657 votes · +24,528 over Jack Hawley
IllinoisEverett M. DirksenR1,961,202 votes · +213,195 over Sidney R. Yates
IndianaBirch BayhD905,491 votes · +10,944 over Homer E. Capehart
IowaBourke B. HickenlooperR431,364 votes · +54,762 over E. B. Smith
KansasFrank CarlsonR388,500 votes · +164,870 over K. L. Smith
KentuckyThurston B. MortonR432,648 votes · +45,208 over Wilson W. Wyatt
LouisianaRussell B. LongD318,838 votes · +215,772 over Taylor W. O'Hearn
MarylandDaniel B. BrewsterD439,723 votes · +170,592 over Edward T. Miller
MissouriEdward V. LongD666,929 votes · +111,599 over Crosby Kemper
NevadaAlan BibleD63,443 votes · +29,694 over William B. Wright
New HampshireNorris CottonR134,035 votes · +43,591 over Alfred Catalfo
New YorkJacob K. JavitsR3,272,417 votes · +983,094 over James B. Donovan
North CarolinaSamuel J. ErvinD491,520 votes · +169,885 over Claude L. Greene
North DakotaMilton R. YoungR135,705 votes · +47,673 over P. W. Lanier
OhioFrank J. LauscheD1,843,813 votes · +692,521 over John M. Briley
OklahomaA. Mike MonroneyD353,890 votes · +45,924 over B. Hayden Crawford
OregonWayne MorseD344,716 votes · +53,129 over Sig Unander
PennsylvaniaJoseph S. ClarkD2,238,383 votes · +103,734 over James E. Van Zandt
South CarolinaOlin D. JohnstonD178,712 votes · +44,782 over William D. Workman
South DakotaGeorge McGovernD127,458 votes · +597 over Joe Bottum
UtahWallace F. BennettR166,755 votes · +15,099 over David S. King
VermontGeorge D. AikenR81,241 votes · +41,107 over W. Robert Johnson
WashingtonWarren G. MagnusonD491,365 votes · +45,161 over Richard G. Christensen
WisconsinGaylord A. NelsonD662,342 votes · +67,496 over Alexander Wiley