The 1960 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 8, 1960. Incumbent
Republican U.S. Senator
Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Madeline Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the firs ...
was re-elected to a third term over Democratic State Senator
Lucia Cormier
Lucia M. Cormier (November 20, 1909 – January 26, 1993) was an American politician from Maine. Cormier, a Maine Democratic Party, Democrat from Rumford, Maine, Rumford, served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1947 to 1950 and 1953 to 1 ...
.
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
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Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Madeline Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the firs ...
, U.S. Senator since 1949
Results
Senator Smith was unopposed for renomination
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Lucia Cormier
Lucia M. Cormier (November 20, 1909 – January 26, 1993) was an American politician from Maine. Cormier, a Maine Democratic Party, Democrat from Rumford, Maine, Rumford, served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1947 to 1950 and 1953 to 1 ...
, State Representative from
Rumford Rumford may refer to:
People
* William Byron Rumford (1908–1986), California politician
* Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753–1814), American-British-German inventor, scientist, soldier, and official
* Kennerley Rumford (1870–1957), ...
Results
Representative Cormier was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
General election
Results
See also
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1960 United States Senate elections
The 1960 United States Senate elections coincided with the election of John F. Kennedy as president on November 8, 1960. A special election was held on June 28, 1960, for a mid-term vacancy in North Dakota. The Republicans gained two seats at t ...
References
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Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
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