1960 Vermont Secretary of State Election

The 1960 Vermont Secretary of State Election was held on November 1, 1960. The total votes casted was 161,597. Howard E. Armstrong (Republican) was elected, receiving 57.57% of the votes, which equals 93,030 votes.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. Howard E. Armstrong of Republican (57.57%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated James N. Kennedy of Democratic (42.43%) by a comfortable margin of 15.14%.

1960 Vermont Secretary of State Election
General
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Howard E. Armstrong	Republican	93,030	57.57%
James N. Kennedy	Democratic	68,566	42.43%
Write-In		1	0.00%
Date: 1960-11-01, Valid Votes: 161,597, Margin: 15.1%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 53362, name: 'Howard E. Armstrong'},{value: 9, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Howard E. Armstrong	Republican	53,362	99.98%
Write-In		9	0.02%
Date: 1960-09-13, Valid Votes: 53,371, Margin: 100.0%
Democratic Primary
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James N. Kennedy	Democratic	15,060	99.99%
Write-In		1	0.01%
Date: 1960-09-13, Valid Votes: 15,061, Margin: 100.0%

See Also

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

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1960 Vermont Secretary of State Election (General) - Results by County
County	Howard E. Armstrong Republican		James N. Kennedy Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Total	-	%	-	%	161,597	0.00%

1960 Vermont Secretary of State Election (Democratic Primary) - Results by County
County	James N. Kennedy		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%
Total	-	%	15,061	0.00%

1960 Vermont Secretary of State Election (Republican Primary) - Results by County
County	Howard E. Armstrong		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%
Total	-	%	53,371	0.00%