The North Carolina United States Senate election of 1960 was held on 8 November 1960 as part of the nation-wide elections to the Senate. The general election was fought between the Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 incumbent, B. Everett Jordan

B. Everett Jordan

Benjamin Everett Jordan was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina from 1958 until 1973. He lived most of his life in Alamance County, North Carolina....

, and the Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 nominee, Wilkes County attorney and 1956 Republican gubernatorial nominee 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

Terry Sanford

James Terry Sanford was a United States politician and educator from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford was the 65th Governor of North Carolina , a two-time U.S. Presidential candidate in the 1970s and a U.S. Senator...

 and presidential nominee John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

 marked the last time Democrats won all three top contests in North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

 on the same day until 2008

United States elections, 2008

The 2008 United States general elections were held on November 4. The result was a significant victory for the Democratic Party on the national level, as they increased majorities in both houses of Congress and won the Presidency. Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain in the...

.

Result

Democratic primary

To win the Democratic nomination for a full term, Jordan had to turn back a strong challenge from Addison Hewlett

Addison Hewlett

George Addison Hewlett Jr. was a North Carolina politician and attorney.He was educated at Wake Forest College and graduated from Wake Forest's law school in 1934, the same year he was admitted to the bar and entered legal practice in Wilmington, North Carolina. Hewlett joined the U.S...

, the speaker of the state House of Representatives.

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