1960 United States Senate election in Minnesota
(Redirected from United States Senate election in Minnesota, 1960)
The 1960 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 8, 1960. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey defeated Republican Minneapolis Mayor P. Kenneth Peterson, to win a third term.
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County results Humphrey: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Peterson: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democratic–Farmer–Labor primary edit
Candidates edit
Declared edit
- Hubert H. Humphrey, Incumbent U.S. Senator since 1949
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Hubert H. Humphrey (Incumbent) | 289,525 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 289,525 | 100.00% |
Republican primary edit
Candidates edit
Declared edit
- P. Kenneth Peterson, Mayor of Minneapolis since 1957
- James Malcolm Williams
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | P. Kenneth Peterson | 256,641 | 89.46% | |
Republican | James Malcolm Williams | 30,242 | 10.54% | |
Total votes | 286,883 | 100.00% |
General election edit
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Hubert H. Humphrey (Incumbent) | 884,168 | 57.53% | |
Republican | P. Kenneth Peterson | 648,586 | 42.20% | |
Socialist Workers | Carl Feingold | 4,085 | 0.27% | |
Total votes | 1,536,839 | 100.00% | ||
Majority | 235,582 | 15.33% | ||
Democratic (DFL) hold |