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1 Primary elections  



1.1  Democratic primary  



1.1.1  Candidates  





1.1.2  Results  







1.2  Republican primary  



1.2.1  Candidates  





1.2.2  Results  









2 General election  



2.1  Results  







3 See also  





4 References  





5 Bibliography  














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1962 United States Senate special election in New Hampshire

← 1960 November 6, 1962 1966 →
 
Nominee Thomas J. McIntyre Perkins Bass
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 117,612 107,199
Percentage 52.32% 47.68%

County results

McIntyre:      50–60%      60–70%

Bass:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%


U.S. senator before election

Maurice J. Murphy Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Thomas J. McIntyre
Democratic

The 1962 United States Senate special election in New Hampshire took place on November 6, 1962, to elect a U.S. Senator to complete the unexpired term of Senator Styles Bridges, who died on November 26, 1961. New Hampshire Attorney General Maurice J. Murphy Jr. was appointed on December 7, 1961 by Governor Wesley Powell to fill the vacancy until a special election could be held.

Murphy was defeated in the Republican primary by Congressman Perkins Bass, who went on to be defeated in the general election by Democratic nominee Thomas J. McIntyre. Democrats won this seat for the first time since 1912.

Primary elections

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Primary elections were held on September 11, 1962.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary results[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas J. McIntyre 24,885 100.00
Total votes 24,885 100.00

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Republican primary results[1][2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Perkins Bass 31,037 31.35
Republican Doloris Bridges 29,345 29.64
Republican Maurice J. Murphy Jr. (Incumbent) 24,204 24.45
Republican Chester Earl Merrow 14,417 14.56
Total votes 99,003 100.00

General election

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Results

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1962 United States Senate special election in New Hampshire[5][6][7][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas J. McIntyre 117,612 52.32
Republican Perkins Bass 107,199 47.68
Majority 10,413 4.64
Turnout 224,811
Democratic gain from Republican

See also

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References

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  • ^ a b Manual for the General Court 1963, p. 285.
  • ^ "NH US Senate, 1962 - Special R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  • ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 91.
  • ^ America Votes 5, p. 252.
  • ^ "NH US Senate, 1962 - Special Election". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  • ^ Manual for the General Court 1963, p. 406.
  • ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (March 16, 1963). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1962" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  • Bibliography

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