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1960 United States Senate election in Michigan - Wikipedia

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1960 United States Senate election in Michigan

← 1954

November 8, 1960

1966 →


Nominee	Patrick V. McNamara	Alvin M. Bentley
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,669,179	1,548,873
Percentage	51.73%	48.00%

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.

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

1960 United States Senate elections

^ "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.