1960 United States Senate election in Michigan

←  1954 November 8, 1960 1966  →

Nominee Patrick V. McNamara Alvin M. Bentley Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,669,179 1,548,873 Percentage 51.73% 48.00%

County results McNamara:     50–60%     60–70% Bentley:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. senator before election Patrick V. McNamara Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Patrick V. McNamara Democratic

The 1960 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 8, 1960. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Patrick McNamara was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating U.S. Representative Alvin M. Bentley.

Contents

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

Republican primary

General election

Results

1960 U.S. Senate election in Michigan ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Patrick V. McNamara (incumbent)	1,669,179	51.73%	0.98
	Republican	Alvin Morell Bentley	1,548,873	48.00%	0.93
	Socialist Workers	Frank Lovell	3,282	0.10%	0.06
	Prohibition	Rollin M. Severance	2,273	0.07%	0.16
	Socialist Labor	James Sim	1,565	0.05%
	Independent	Alvin Reynolds	1,465	0.05%	N/A
Total votes			3,226,637	100.00%
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1960 United States Senate elections

References