1960 United States gubernatorial elections

For related races, see 1960 United States elections.

1960 United States gubernatorial elections

November 8, 1960
27 governorships
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 33 17[a][b] Seats after 34 16 Seat change 1 1 Seats up 14 13 Seats won 15 12
Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain      No election

United States gubernatorial elections were held on 8 November 1960, in 27 states. The elections were concurrent with the House elections, the Senate elections and the presidential election.

In Minnesota, this was the last election on a 2-year cycle, before switching to a 4-year term for governors.

Results

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates
Arizona	Paul Fannin	Republican	Re-elected, 59.30%	Lee Ackerman (Democratic) 40.70% [1]
Arkansas	Orval Faubus	Democratic	Re-elected, 69.21%	Henry M. Britt (Republican) 30.79% [2]
Delaware	J. Caleb Boggs	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Elbert N. Carvel (Democratic) 51.73% John W. Rollins (Republican) 48.27% [3]
Florida	LeRoy Collins	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	C. Farris Bryant (Democratic) 59.85% George C. Petersen (Republican) 40.15% [4]
Illinois	William Stratton	Republican	Defeated, 44.30%	Otto Kerner Jr. (Democratic) 55.51% Edward C. Gross (Socialist Labor) 0.19% [5]
Indiana	Harold W. Handley	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Matthew E. Welsh (Democratic) 50.39% Crawford F. Parker (Republican) 49.30% J. Ralston Miller (Prohibition) 0.28% Herman Kronewitter (Socialist Labor) 0.04% [6]
Iowa	Herschel C. Loveless	Democratic	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory	Norman A. Erbe (Republican) 52.14% Edward Joseph McManus (Democratic) 47.86% [7]
Kansas	George Docking	Democratic	Defeated, 43.60%	John Anderson Jr. (Republican) 55.45% J. J. Steele (Prohibition) 0.95% [8]
Maine (Special election)	John H. Reed	Republican	Re-elected, 52.66%	Frank M. Coffin (Democratic) 47.34% [9]
Massachusetts	Foster Furcolo	Democratic	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Republican victory	John Volpe (Republican) 52.51% Joseph D. Ward (Democratic) 46.78% Henning A. Blomen (Socialist Labor) 0.39% Guy S. Williams (Prohibition) 0.31% Scattering 0.01% [10]
Michigan	G. Mennen Williams	Democratic	Retired, Democratic victory	John Swainson (Democratic) 50.48% Paul Douglas Bagwell (Republican) 49.20% Robert Himmel, Jr. (Socialist Workers) 0.10% Delmar D. Gibbons (Prohibition) 0.07% F. J. Toohey (Tax Cut) 0.06% Theos A. Grove (Socialist Labor) 0.05% R. Roy Pursell (Independent American) 0.04% [11]
Minnesota	Orville Freeman	DFL	Defeated, 49.08%	Elmer L. Andersen (Republican) 50.56% Rudolph Gustafson (Industrial Government) 0.36% [12]
Missouri	James T. Blair Jr.	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	John M. Dalton (Democratic) 58.03% Edward G. Farmer (Republican) 41.97% [13]
Montana	J. Hugo Aronson	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Donald Grant Nutter (Republican) 55.11% Paul Cannon (Democratic) 44.89% [14]
Nebraska	Dwight W. Burney	Republican	Ran for Lieutenant Governor, Democratic victory	Frank B. Morrison (Democratic) 51.98% John R. Cooper (Republican) 47.97% Scattering 0.05% [15]
New Hampshire	Wesley Powell	Republican	Re-elected, 55.46%	Bernard L. Boutin (Democratic) 44.54% [16]
New Mexico	John Burroughs	Democratic	Defeated, 49.67%	Edwin L. Mechem (Republican) 50.33% [17]
North Carolina	Luther H. Hodges	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Terry Sanford (Democratic) 54.45% Robert L. Gavin (Republican) 45.47% I. Beverly Lake (Write-in) 0.08% [18]
North Dakota	John E. Davis	Republican	Retired to run for U.S. Senate, Democratic victory	William L. Guy (D-NPL) 49.44% Clarence P. Dahl (Republican) 44.48% Herschel Lashkowitz (Independent) 6.08% [19]
Rhode Island	Christopher Del Sesto	Republican	Defeated, 43.36%	John A. Notte Jr. (Democratic) 56.64% [20]
South Dakota	Ralph Herseth	Democratic	Defeated, 49.27%	Archie M. Gubbrud (Republican) 50.73% [21]
Texas	Price Daniel	Democratic	Re-elected, 72.75%	William Steger (Republican) 27.25% [22]
Utah	George Dewey Clyde	Republican	Re-elected, 52.66%	William Arthur Barlocker (Democratic) 47.34% [23]
Vermont	Robert Stafford	Republican	Retired to run for U.S. House, Republican victory	F. Ray Keyser Jr. (Republican) 56.41% Russell F. Niquette (Democratic) 43.59% Scattering 0.01% [24]
Washington	Albert Rosellini	Democratic	Re-elected, 50.34%	Lloyd J. Andrews (Republican) 48.87% Henry Killman (Socialist Labor) 0.71% Jack W. Wright (Socialist Workers) 0.08% [25]
West Virginia	Cecil H. Underwood	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Wally Barron (Democratic) 53.99% Harold E. Neely (Republican) 46.01% [26]
Wisconsin	Gaylord Nelson	Democratic	Re-elected, 51.56%	Philip G. Kuehn (Republican) 48.44% [27]

See also

• 1960 United States elections
  • 1960 United States presidential election
  • 1960 United States Senate elections
  • 1960 United States House of Representatives elections

Notes

1. John H. Reed (R) succeeded Maine Governor Clinton Clauson (D) upon his death in December 1959.
2. Dwight W. Burney (R) succeeded Nebraska Governor Ralph G. Brooks (D) upon his death in September 1960.

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