{{Election box begin no change| title=Gubernatorial election<ref name="bluebookgeneral">{{cite book |title=Illinois Blue Book 1961-1962 |url=http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/14562 | pages=911, 961-62| website=www.idaillinois.org |publisher=Illinois Secretary of State |accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin no change| title=Gubernatorial election<ref name="bluebookgeneral">{{cite book |title=Illinois Blue Book 1961-1962 |url=http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/14562 | pages=960-64| website=www.idaillinois.org |publisher=Illinois Secretary of State |accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate='''[[Otto Kerner Jr.]]''' (incumbent)|votes='''2,594,731'''|percentage='''55.51'''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate='''[[Otto Kerner Jr.]]''' (incumbent)|votes='''2,594,731'''|percentage='''55.51'''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=[[William Stratton|William G. Stratton]]|votes= 2,070,479 |percentage= 44.30}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=[[William Stratton|William G. Stratton]]|votes= 2,070,479 |percentage= 44.30}}
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.
Democratic incumbent Kenney E. Williamson, first appointed in 1940, won reelection to a third full (fourth overall) term.[3] Democratic incumbent Frances Best Watkins won reelection to a third term.[3] They were joined in winning election by fellow Democrat Irving Dillard.[2][3]
Incumbent Democrat George Herrick was not nominated for reelection.[3]
Trustees of the University of Illinois election[2][3]
Elections were held to fill six vacancies on the Superior Court of Cook County. Democratic nominees defeated their Republican opponents in all six elections.[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.[2] Since 4,525,191 votes were cast for the General Assembly in 1960, the vote count needed to be reached was at least 2,262,596 affirmative votes.[2] 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 would issue bonds to support improvements in education.[4]
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