1960 Vermont Governor Election

The 1960 Vermont Governor Election was held on November 1, 1960. The total votes casted was 164,632. F. Ray Keyser, Jr (Republican) was elected, receiving 56.41% of the votes, which equals 92,861 votes.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. F. Ray Keyser, Jr of Republican (56.41%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated Russell F. Niquette of Democratic (43.59%) by a comfortable margin of 12.82%.

1960 Vermont Governor Election
General
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F. Ray Keyser, Jr	Republican	92,861	56.41%
Russell F. Niquette	Democratic	71,755	43.59%
Write-In		16	0.01%
Date: 1960-11-01, Valid Votes: 164,632, Margin: 12.8%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#6AFC08','#417205','#BF5E27','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 17491, name: 'F. Ray Keyser, Jr'},{value: 16762, name: 'Robert S. Babcock, Jr'},{value: 14874, name: 'A. Luke Crispe'},{value: 9916, name: 'W. Arthur Simpson'},{value: 7, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
F. Ray Keyser, Jr	Republican	17,491	29.62%
Robert S. Babcock, Jr	Republican	16,762	28.39%
A. Luke Crispe	Republican	14,874	25.19%
W. Arthur Simpson	Republican	9,916	16.79%
Write-In		7	0.01%
Date: 1960-09-13, Valid Votes: 59,050, Margin: 1.2%
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 16054, name: 'Russell F. Niquette'},{value: 35, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Russell F. Niquette	Democratic	16,054	99.78%
Write-In		35	0.22%
Date: 1960-09-13, Valid Votes: 16,089, Margin: 99.6%

See Also

• 1960 Vermont Lieutenant Governor Election
• 1960 Vermont Secretary of State Election
• 1960 Vermont State Auditor Election
• 1960 Vermont State Treasurer Election
• 1960 Vermont Attorney General Election
• 1960 United States Presidential Election in Vermont
• 1960 United States House Election in Vermont
• 2022 Vermont Governor Election
• 2020 Vermont Governor Election
• 2018 Vermont Governor Election
• 2016 Vermont Governor Election
• 2014 Vermont Governor Election

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1960 Vermont Governor Election (General) - Results by County
County	F. Ray Keyser, Jr Republican		Russell F. Niquette Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Total	-	%	-	%	164,632	0.00%

1960 Vermont Governor Election (Democratic Primary) - Results by County
County	Russell F. Niquette		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%
Total	-	%	16,089	0.00%

1960 Vermont Governor Election (Republican Primary) - Results by County
County	F. Ray Keyser, Jr		Robert S. Babcock, Jr		A. Luke Crispe		W. Arthur Simpson		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Total	-	%	-	%	-	%	-	%	59,050	0.00%