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1962 US Senate

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SENATE

US Senate · 1962

Democratic Hold

DEM

51 needed

REP

IND

Before

60

36

After

64

32

1

Net change:D +4·R −4·I +1·38 seats contested

Chamber Control

DemocraticMajority64

Republican32

Independent1

Threshold:51 seats

D 64 – R 32 – I 1

38 contests|D won 23|R won 14|Other 1

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	HillDEM	50.9%	201,937	MartinREP	49.1%	195,134	D+1.7	↓ R+98.3
▶	Arizona	HaydenDEM	54.9%	199,217	MechamREP	45.1%	163,388	D+9.9	↓ R+12.9
▶	Arkansas	FulbrightDEM	68.7%	214,867	JonesREP	31.3%	98,013	D+37.4	↓ R+28.6
▶	California	KuchelREP	56.3%	3,180,483	RichardsDEM	43.4%	2,452,839	R+12.9	↓ R+4.5
▶	Colorado	DominickREP	53.6%	328,655	CarrollDEM	45.6%	279,586	R+8.0	↓ R+8.4
▶	Connecticut	RibicoffDEM	51.3%	527,522	Seely-BrownREP	48.8%	501,694	D+2.5	↑ D+14.3
▶	Florida	SmathersDEM	70.0%	657,633	RupertREP	30.0%	281,381	D+40.1	↓ R+59.9
▶	Georgia	TalmadgeDEM	100.0%	306,250	—	—	—	D+100.0	→ Even
▶	Hawaii	OtherOTH	73.9%	145,119	InouyeDEM	18.6%	36,579	D+11.2	—
▶	Idaho	ChurchDEM	54.7%	141,657	HawleyREP	45.3%	117,129	D+9.5	↓ R+8.9
▶	Idaho(S)	JordanREP	51.0%	131,279	PfostDEM	49.0%	126,398	R+1.9	↓ R+20.3
▶	Illinois	DirksenREP	52.9%	1,961,202	YatesDEM	47.1%	1,748,007	R+5.8	↑ D+2.6
▶	Indiana	BayhDEM	50.3%	905,491	CapehartREP	49.7%	894,547	D+0.6	↑ D+11.4
▶	Iowa	HickenlooperREP	53.4%	431,364	SmithDEM	46.6%	376,602	R+6.8	↑ D+1.1
▶	Kansas	CarlsonREP	62.4%	388,500	SmithDEM	35.9%	223,630	R+26.5	↓ R+9.1
▶	Kansas(S)	PearsonREP	56.2%	344,689	AylwardDEM	42.5%	260,756	R+13.7	↑ D+3.7
▶	Kentucky	MortonREP	52.8%	432,648	WyattDEM	47.2%	387,440	R+5.5	↑ D+0.9
▶	Louisiana	LongDEM	75.6%	318,838	O'HearnREP	24.4%	103,066	D+51.1	↓ R+48.9
▶	Maryland	BrewsterDEM	62.0%	439,723	MillerREP	38.0%	269,131	D+24.1	↑ D+30.1
▶	Massachusetts(S)	KennedyDEM	55.4%	1,162,611	LodgeREP	41.9%	877,669	D+13.6	—
▶	Missouri	LongDEM	56.4%	786,745	KemperREP	43.6%	607,083	D+12.9	↑ D+0.1
▶	Nevada	BibleDEM	65.3%	63,443	WrightREP	34.7%	33,749	D+30.6	↑ D+25.4
▶	New Hampshire	CottonREP	59.7%	134,035	CatalfoDEM	40.3%	90,444	R+19.4	↑ D+8.7
▶	New Hampshire(S)	McIntyreDEM	52.3%	117,612	BassREP	47.7%	107,199	D+4.6	↑ D+32.8
▶	New York	JavitsREP	57.4%	3,272,417	DonovanDEM	40.1%	2,289,324	R+17.2	—
▶	North Carolina	ErvinDEM	60.5%	491,520	GreeneREP	39.5%	321,635	D+20.9	↓ R+12.2
▶	North Dakota	YoungREP	60.6%	135,705	LanierDEM	39.4%	88,032	R+21.3	↑ D+6.3
▶	Ohio	LauscheDEM	61.6%	1,843,813	BrileyREP	38.4%	1,151,292	D+23.1	↑ D+17.3
▶	Oklahoma	MonroneyDEM	53.2%	353,890	CrawfordREP	46.3%	307,964	D+6.9	↓ R+3.8
▶	Oregon	MorseDEM	54.1%	344,716	UnanderREP	45.8%	291,587	D+8.3	→ Even
▶	Pennsylvania	ClarkDEM	51.1%	2,238,383	ZandtREP	48.7%	2,134,649	D+2.4	↑ D+2.0
▶	South Carolina	JohnstonDEM	57.2%	178,712	WorkmanREP	42.8%	133,930	D+14.3	↓ R+85.7
▶	South Dakota	McGovernDEM	50.1%	127,458	BottumREP	49.9%	126,861	D+0.2	↑ D+1.8
▶	Utah	BennettREP	52.4%	166,755	KingDEM	47.6%	151,656	R+4.7	↑ D+3.2
▶	Vermont	AikenREP	66.9%	81,241	JohnsonDEM	33.1%	40,134	R+33.9	↓ R+1.1
▶	Washington	MagnusonDEM	52.1%	491,365	ChristensenREP	47.3%	446,204	D+4.8	↓ R+17.4
▶	Wisconsin	NelsonDEM	52.6%	662,342	WileyREP	47.2%	594,846	D+5.4	↑ D+22.7
▶	Wyoming(S)	SimpsonREP	57.8%	69,043	HickeyDEM	42.2%	50,329	R+15.7	—

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