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1960 United States Senate election in Maine

←  1954 November 8, 1960 1966  →

Nominee Margaret Chase Smith Lucia Cormier Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 256,890 159,809 Percentage 61.65% 38.35%

County results Smith:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Cormier:     50–60%

U.S. senator before election Margaret Chase Smith Republican Elected U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith Republican

The 1960 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 8, 1960. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith was re-elected to a third term over Democratic State Senator Lucia Cormier.

Contents

• Republican primary
• Candidates
• Results
• Democratic primary
• Candidates 2
• Results 2
• General election
• Results 3
• See also
• References

This was the first election in U.S. Senate history in which all candidates or all major-party candidates were women. ^[1] This was the first U.S. Senate election in Maine that was held in November, rather than in September.

Republican primary

Democratic primary

General election

Results

1960 U.S. Senate election in Maine ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Margaret Chase Smith (incumbent)	256,890	61.65%	3.04
	Democratic	Lucia Cormier	159,809	38.35%	3.04
Total votes			416,699	100.00%

See also

• 1960 United States Senate elections

References