1962 United States Senate election in Kansas

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Nominee Frank Carlson K.L. Smith Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 388,500 223,630 Percentage 62.44% 35.94%

County results Carlson:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Smith:     50–60%

U.S. senator before election Frank Carlson Republican Elected U.S. Senator Frank Carlson Republican

The 1962 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Republican Senator Frank Carlson was re-elected to a third term in office over Democratic nominee Ken Smith.

Contents

• Primary elections
• Democratic primary
• Republican primary
• General election
• Candidates 3
• Results 3
• See also
• References
• Bibliography

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on August 7, 1962. ^[1]

General election

Results

1962 U.S. Senate election in Kansas ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Frank Carlson (incumbent)	388,500	62.44%	5.46
	Democratic	Ken L. Smith	223,630	35.94%	4.52
	Prohibition	George E. Kline	10,098	1.62%	0.02
Total votes			622,228	100.00%
	Republican hold

See also

• 1962 United States Senate elections

References

Bibliography

• Congressional Elections, 1946-1996. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN   1-56802-248-4.
• Scammon, Richard M., ed. (1964). America Votes 5: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1962. Washington, D.C.: Governmental Affairs Institute.