1960 United States Senate election in South Carolina
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The 1960 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 8, 1960 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Popular incumbent Democratic Senator Strom Thurmond easily won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.
Democratic primary
Senator Strom Thurmond was opposed by Columbia lawyer Robert Beverley Herbert in the Democratic primary. Herbert argued that Thurmond's means of opposing the civil rights legislation in the 1950s was unconstructive and instead if he were in the Senate he would express to the country how the blacks were benefited by white rule. Herbert's campaign was little more than token opposition as Thurmond racked up a huge victory and won another term because he did not have an opponent in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Strom Thurmond | 273,795 | 89.5 | ||
| Democratic | Robert Beverley Herbert | 32,136 | 10.5 | ||
Election results
Template:American politics/party colors/Democratic/row| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Strom Thurmond | 330,167 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |
| No party | Write-Ins | 102 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 330,065 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 330,269 | 55.4 | +23.2 | ||
| Democratic hold | |||||
See also
- List of United States Senators from South Carolina
- United States Senate elections, 1960
- United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1960
References
- Bass, Jack; Marilyn W. Thompson (1998). Ol' Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond. Longstreet. p. 189.