1960 Montana gubernatorial election

1960 Montana gubernatorial election

← 1956 November 8, 1960 1964 →
Turnout85.70%Increase2.50[1]
 
Nominee Donald Grant Nutter Paul C. Cannon
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 154,230 125,651
Percentage 55.11% 44.89%

County results
Nutter:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Cannon:      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

J. Hugo Aronson
Republican

Elected Governor

Donald Grant Nutter
Republican

The 1960 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1960. Incumbent governor of Montana J. Hugo Aronson, who was first elected governor in 1952 and was re-elected in 1956, declined to run for re-election. Donald Grant Nutter, a former state senator, narrowly won the Republican primary, and advanced to the general election, where he was opposed by Paul Cannon, the Lieutenant Governor of Montana and the Democratic nominee. Nutter defeated Cannon by a fairly wide margin, winning his only term as governor, as he would die just a year into his term.

  1. ^ "Montana Voter Turnout". Montana Secretary of State. Retrieved May 26, 2022.