1960 Louisiana gubernatorial election

1960 Louisiana gubernatorial election

← 1956 April 19, 1960 1964 →
 
Candidate Jimmie Davis Francis Grevemberg
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 407,907 86,135
Percentage 81.52% 17.00%

Parish results
Davis:      50–60%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

The 1960 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on April 19, 1960.

Primary elections were held in two rounds on December 5, 1959, and January 9, 1960. After defeating Chep Morrison, then the mayor of New Orleans, in a Democratic primary which featured some of the most racist campaign rhetoric in Louisiana political history, Jimmie Davis was elected to his second nonconsecutive term as governor after defeating the Republican candidate, Francis Grevemberg, in the general election.