1960 United States Senate election in Maine
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.
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County results Smith: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Cormier: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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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.
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