'''Elections''' were held in '''[[Illinois]]''' on Tuesday, November 8, 1960.<ref name="results">{{cite web|title=OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 8, 1960 JUDICIAL ELECTION 1959-1960 • PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, APRIL 12 1960|url=https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1960/1960%20GE%20and%20PE%20Part%201.pdf|publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections|access-date=4 July 2020}}</ref>
'''Elections''' were held in '''[[Illinois]]''' on Tuesday, November 8, 1960.<ref name="results">{{cite web|title=OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 8, 1960 JUDICIAL ELECTION 1959-1960 • PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, APRIL 12 1960|url=https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1960/1960%20GE%20and%20PE%20Part%201.pdf|publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections|access-date=4 July 2020}}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
[[Primary election|Primaries]] were held on April 12.<ref name="results"/><ref name="bluebookprimary">{{cite book |title=Illinois Blue Book 1959-1960 |url=http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/12763 | pages=871-72| website=www.idaillinois.org |publisher=Illinois Secretary of State |access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref>
[[Primary election|Primaries]] were held on April 12.<ref name="results"/><ref name="bluebookprimary">{{cite book |title=Illinois Blue Book 1959-1960 |url=http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/12763 | pages=871-72| website=www.idaillinois.org |publisher=Illinois Secretary of State |access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref>
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==Election information==
==Election information==
===Turnout===
===Turnout===
In the primaries, turnout was 40.92%, with 2,082,667 ballots cast (1,171,488 Democratic and 911,179 Republican).<ref name="results"/><ref name=bluebookprimary/><ref name="1986GE">{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986 |url=https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1986/1986%20GE.PDF |website=www.elections.il.gov |publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections |access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref>
In the primaries, turnout was 40.92%, with 2,082,667 ballots cast (1,171,488 Democratic and 911,179 Republican).<ref name="results"/><ref name=bluebookprimary/><ref name="1986GE">{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986 |url=https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1986/1986%20GE.PDF |website=www.elections.il.gov |publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections |access-date=10 April 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In the general election, turnout was 88.11%, with 4,845,319 ballots cast.<ref name="results"/><ref name="1986GE"/>
In the general election, turnout was 88.11%, with 4,845,319 ballots cast.<ref name="results"/><ref name="1986GE"/>
Originally, before his death, Grenville Beardsley (himself a Republican that had been appointed in 1959 after Latham Castle resigned to assume a judgeship) had been seeking reelection, having won the Republican primary.
An election was held for three seats as Trustees of University of Illinois.[4] All three Democratic nominees won.[4]
Democratic incumbent Kenney E. Williamson, first appointed in 1940, won reelection to a third full (fourth overall) term.[5] Democratic incumbent Frances Best Watkins won reelection to a third term.[5] They were joined in winning election by fellow Democrat Irving Dillard.[4][5]
Incumbent Democrat George Herrick was not nominated for reelection.[5]
Trustees of the University of Illinois election[4][5]
On April 12, a special election was held to fill a vacancy on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit.[2]
Ballot measures
Two ballot measures, both of them bond issues, were put before Illinois voters in 1960.
In order for bond issues to pass, the number of affirmative voters each measure was required to receive was one equal to 50% of the number of votes cast for members of the Illinois General Assembly in the 1960 general election.[1][4] Bond measures needed a vote equal to majority of the votes cast for whichever chamber of the Illinois General Assembly had the highest cumulative vote count.[1] Since. in 1960, this was the 4,525,191 votes that were cast General Assembly in 1960, the vote count needed to be reached was at least 2,262,596 affirmative votes.[4] The vote also needed a majority of votes cast on each measure to be affirmative.
Bond Issue for Education
Voters approved the Bond Issue for Education, which issued bonds to support improvements in education.[6]
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