1960 United States Senate election in Michigan

1960 United States Senate election in Michigan
← 1954 November 8, 1960 1966 →
	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.

Republican primary

Candidates

Alvin Morell Bentley, U.S. Representative from Owosso
Donald S. Leonard, attorney and nominee for Governor in 1954

Results

1960 Republican Senate primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alvin Morell Bentley	344,043	72.03%
	Republican	Donald S. Leonard	133,562	27.97%
	Write-in		7	0.00%
Total votes			477,612	100.00%

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

References

↑ "Our Campaigns - MI US Senate- R Primary Race - Aug 02, 1960".
↑ "Our Campaigns: MI U.S. Senate". Our Campaigns.
↑ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1961). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1960" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.

[1] "Our Campaigns - MI US Senate- R Primary Race - Aug 02, 1960".

[2] "Our Campaigns: MI U.S. Senate". Our Campaigns.

[3] Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1961). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1960" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.

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