United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1960

United States Senate election in North Carolina, 1960

November 8, 1960

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 nationwide 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.

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. "North Carolina DataNet #46" (PDF). University of North Carolina. April 2008. Retrieved 2010-07-09.