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The1960 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 8, 1960. IncumbentRepublicanClifford P. Case defeatedDemocratic nomineeThorn Lord with 55.69% of the vote. This election was the first time since1924 where an incumbent Republican Senator was re-elected to this seat.
Primary elections were held on April 19, 1960.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Thorn Lord | 177,429 | 81.55 | |
| Democratic | Richard M. Glassner | 40,134 | 18.45 | |
| Total votes | 217,563 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Clifford P. Case (incumbent) | 230,802 | 63.72 | |
| Republican | Robert J. Morris | 120,729 | 33.33 | |
| Republican | David Dearborn | 10,687 | 2.95 | |
| Total votes | 362,218 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Clifford P. Case (incumbent) | 1,483,832 | 55.69% |  7.03 | |
| Democratic | Thorn Lord | 1,151,385 | 43.21% |  5.26 | |
| Conservative | Winifred O. Perry | 13,756 | 0.52% | ||
| Socialist Workers | Gladys Grauer | 11,784 | 0.44% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Albert Ronis | 3,599 | 0.14% | ||
| Majority | 332,447 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,664,356 | 12.48% | |||
| Republicanhold | Swing | ||||
| County | Case % | Case votes | Lord % | Lord votes | Other % | Other votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | 58.2% | 41,746 | 39.7% | 28,486 | 2.2% | 1,520 |
| Bergen | 63.8% | 233,814 | 35.6% | 130,328 | 0.6% | 2,361 |
| Burlington | 58.2% | 45,895 | 41.7% | 32,896 | 0.2% | 127 |
| Camden | 52.6% | 92,366 | 47.1% | 82,756 | 0.4% | 600 |
| Cape May | 65.2% | 16,200 | 34.7% | 8,631 | 0.01% | 9 |
| Cumberland | 56.9% | 24,521 | 43.0% | 18,556 | 0.1% | 48 |
| Essex | 50.7% | 190,888 | 47.1% | 177,163 | 2.3% | 8,436 |
| Gloucester | 58.0% | 35,288 | 41.9% | 25,455 | 0.01% | 54 |
| Hudson | 42.9% | 121,775 | 56.0% | 159,021 | 1.0% | 2,975 |
| Hunterdon | 66.1% | 15,732 | 33.5% | 7,957 | 0.3% | 98 |
| Mercer | 46.9% | 54,715 | 52.8% | 61,579 | 0.4% | 355 |
| Middlesex | 48.8% | 95,157 | 50.8% | 99,204 | 0.4% | 749 |
| Monmouth | 63.4% | 86,497 | 36.1% | 49,301 | 0.5% | 639 |
| Morris | 70.4% | 79,699 | 29.2% | 33,070 | 0.4% | 490 |
| Ocean | 64.7% | 31,335 | 34.5% | 16,736 | 0.8% | 390 |
| Passaic | 50.7% | 87,850 | 45.0% | 77,996 | 4.3% | 7,477 |
| Salem | 54.7% | 14,133 | 45.2% | 11,673 | 0.2% | 40 |
| Somerset | 62.2% | 37,869 | 37.1% | 22,628 | 0.7% | 420 |
| Sussex | 71.4% | 16,403 | 28.5% | 6,553 | 0.1% | 21 |
| Union | 61.3% | 145,445 | 37.7% | 89,398 | 1.1% | 2,509 |
| Warren | 57.9% | 16,504 | 42.1% | 11,998 | 0.1% | 21 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
