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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1960
Democrats Retain Senate Majority
Saltonstall Takes Massachusetts
MASSACHUSETTS — Republican Leverett Saltonstall retained his Senate seat for a third full term by defeating his Democratic opponent, Thomas J. O'Connor.
The early Massachusetts voting gave O'Connor the lead but later returns swung the election to Salton-stall at about 9:30 p.m.
The senatorial career of Sen. Saltonstall began in 1944 when he was elected to finish the unexpired term of Henry Cabot Lodge, who resigned to enter World War II.
Sen. Saltonstall, a former governor of Massachusetts, was elected by the largest popular vote ever recorded the first time he ran.
His election yesterday was in the face of Kennedy's sweep of the home state.
LEVERETT SALTONSTALL
Congressional Results
Senate
House of Representatives
Republicans Democrats
Elected ... 13 ... 21
Holdovers ... 23 ... 43
Old Senate ... 34 ... 66
New Senate ... 36 ... 64
Change ... plus 2 ... minus 2
Republicans Democrats
Elected ... 170 267
Old House* ... 154 283
New House ... 170 267
Change ... plus 16 minus 16
(* Includes 3 Dem. and 3 Rep.
vacancies)
Demos Led in 1956
The Democrats led the Republcans by about 1,000 votes in the 1956 Douglas County returns for the gubernatorial race. But the Republicans led in both the senatorial and congressional races — almost at a ratio of two to one.
Colo. Returns Allott to Senate
COLORADO—Republican incumbent Gordon L. Allott defeated Democrat Lt. Gov. Robert L. Knous by a wide margin to return to the Senate.
GORDON ALLOTT
Sen. Allott, first elected in 1954, came from behind last night to win after Knous had led through the early tabulations.
The Nixon sweep of Colorado played a big part in Allott's election as pre-election polls had Knous far ahead.
Senator Allott will return to the Republican conservative wing of the Senate which forms the strong coalition with the Southern Democrats.
Poll Picked Schoeppel
A recent KU poll taken on the campus picked Republican Andrew Schoeppel to be re-elected to the Senate.
The 758 political science students who were polled gave Schoeppel a 63 per cent edge over his Democratic opponent, Frank Theis. This received 37 per cent of the votes.
Key Senate Races
Alabama—Sparkman (D)
Arkansas—McClellan (D)
Colorado—Allott (R)
Delaware—Boggs (R)
Georgia—Russell (D)
Illinois—Douglas (D)
Iowa—Miller (R)
Kansas—Schoeppel (R)
Kentucky—Cooper (R)
Louisiana—Ellender (D)
Maine—Smith (R)
Massachusetts—Saltonstall (R)
Michigan—McNamara (D)
Minnesota—Humphrey (D)
Mississippi—Eastland (D)
Missouri—Long (D)
Easy Third-Term Win To Douglas in Illinois
Nebraska—Curtis (R)
New Hampshire—Bridges (R)
New Jersey—Case (R)
New Mexico—anderson (D)
North Carolina—Jordan (D)
North Dakota—Burdick (D)
Oklahoma—Kerr (D)
Oregon—Neuberger (D)
Rhode Island—Pell (D)
South Carolina—Thurmond (D)
Tennessee—Kefauver (D)
Texas—Johnson (D)
Virginia—Robertson (D)
West Virginia—Randolph (D)
Wyoming—Thomson (R)
KARL MUNDT
Mundt Wins See-Saw S Dakota Senate Race
SOUTH DAKOTA—Sen. Karl E. Mundt, Republican, broke through just before dawn today to win reelection in the climax of a see-saw race against Democrat, George S. McGovern.
McGovern, two-term Representative, had led early in the campaign but the religious issue affected his odds.
Mundt, a stanch isolationist and see-sawing reactionary, has fought many liberal Democratic proposals in his three terms in office.
Nixon's domination of the popular vote, combined with Mundt's record of opposition to the farm program, is considered to have given him the victory—by the narrowest margin in his political career.
He served five consecutive terms in the House of Representatives from the traditionally Republican state.
Double election boards in Lawrence then made returns available much earlier than usual.
In 1920, every Kansas Republican candidate was elected to the national state and local offices they sought.
PAUL DOUGLAS
Demos Lose 16 House Seats
The Democrats retained control of Congress, as expected, but their majority in the Senate was reduced by two seats. Their House edge diminished with 16 seats lost to the Republicans.
Democratic control of the 100 seat Senate was virtually assured in advance, since nine out of the 34 seats at stake were held by Southerners with little or no opposition.
At 10 p.m. yesterday, the Democrats had already cinched the nine seats necessary to obtain the 51 seat majority.
At 2:15 a.m. today, the Democrats had passed the 219 seats needed to continue their rule in the House and were leading for 49 others.
The greatest Senate switch was the Democratic losses in Delaware, Iowa and Wyoming. These losses were countered by Democratic wins in Rhode Island, Oregon, Missouri and Alaska.
The major concern of Democrats is the coalition of Republican right-wingers and Southern Democrat conservatives that so effectively stopped Sen. Kennedy's attempts to push through legislation in the bobtail session of Congress.
For effective legislative measures, the Democrat had hoped for a door-die election of a huge majority to counter this coalition — but it failed.
Generally, the Republicans gained strength as evidenced by the "switch-voting" in several key states.
GOP Takes State
The Republicans took seven of of the nine state offices, and four of the six House seats. Kansas also went Republican on the national scene with Vice President Nixon carrying the state. See pages 6 and 7 for complete Kansas returns.
ILLINOIS — Sen. Paul A. Douglas easily won his third six-year term in the Senate by defeating Republican Samuel W. Witwer.
The former economics professor and Marine veteran had no difficulty in running up a big margin over the Chicago attorney.
Douglas, opposed by the major papers of the state for his "ineffectiveness," is a respected member of several Senate committees and is considered an independent liberal.
Kennedy's sweep of Illinois undoubtedly added to Douglas' voting strength, but the white-haired senator had been the predicted winner.
Kentucky Sides With Cooper
KENTUCKY — Republican Sen. John Sherman Cooper returns to the Senate after his smashing victory over his Democratic opponent, former governor Keen Johnson.
JOHN SHERMAN COOPER
The distinguished senator's personal appeal and off-on record in the Senate gave him an easy victory.
Cooper was first elected in 1946 to fill baseball czar Happy Chandler's unexpired term. In a try for reelection, he was defeated in 1948. But he was again called upon to replace the incumbent and again was defeated by Alben Barkley in his attempt at re-election. He was returned to the Senate once more to fill Barkley's position after his untimely death in 1956.
Long Wins in Missouri
MISSOURI—Democrat Edward V. Long came from behind to defeat his Republican opponent, Lon Hocker in the race to fill the unexpired term of the late Sen. Thomas J. Hennings.
His victory highlighted a Democratic sweep of the state whose 13 electoral votes went to Kennedy early in the day.
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