1960 United States Senate election in Maine

1960 United States Senate election in Maine

November 8, 1960

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.

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

Republican primary

Candidates

• Margaret Chase Smith, U.S. Senator since 1949

Results

Senator Smith was unopposed for renomination

1960 Maine Republican U.S. Senate primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Margaret Chase Smith (inc.)	67,765	100.00%
Total votes			67,765	100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Lucia Cormier, State Representative from Rumford

Results

Representative Cormier was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

1960 Democratic U.S. Senate primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucia Cormier	27,789	100.00%
Total votes			27,789	100.00%

General election

Results

1960 U.S. Senate election in Maine

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