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