United States Senate election in New York, 1962

United States Senate election in New York, 1956

November 6, 1962

Nominee Jacob K. Javits James B. Donovan Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 3,269,772 2,289,323 Percentage 57.38% 40.14%

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U.S. senator before election Jacob K. Javits Republican Elected U.S. Senator Jacob K. Javits Republican

The 1962 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jacob Javits won against Democratic challenger James B. Donovan.

Major candidates

Republican

• Jacob K. Javits, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1957 and former U.S. Congressman (1947–1954)

Democratic

• James B. Donovan, Attorney

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jacob K. Javits	3,272,417	57.38	+ 4.11
	Democratic	James B. Donovan	2,113,772
	Liberal	James B. Donovan	175,551
	total	James B. Donovan	2,289,323	40.14	- 6.57
	Conservative	Kieran O'Doherty	116,151	2.04	+ 2.04
	Socialist Workers	Carl Feingold	17,440	0.31	+ 0.31
	Socialist Labor	Stephen Emery	7,786	0.14	+ 0.14