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| Turnout | 85.70% 2.50[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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 County results Nutter: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Cannon: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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The1960 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1960. Incumbentgovernor of MontanaJ. Hugo Aronson, who was first elected governor in1952 and was re-elected in1956, declined to run for re-election.Donald Grant Nutter, a formerstate senator, narrowly won theRepublican primary, and advanced to the general election, where he was opposed by Paul Cannon, theLieutenant Governor of Montana and theDemocratic 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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Paul Cannon | 44,690 | 34.89 | |
| Democratic | Jack Toole | 40,537 | 31.65 | |
| Democratic | Mike Kuchera | 33,216 | 25.93 | |
| Democratic | Willard E. Fraser | 6,505 | 5.08 | |
| Democratic | John M. Nickey | 1,806 | 1.41 | |
| Democratic | Merrill K. Riddick | 1,344 | 1.05 | |
| Total votes | 128,098 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Donald Grant Nutter | 33,099 | 50.43 | |
| Republican | Wesley A. D'Ewart | 32,538 | 49.57 | |
| Total votes | 65,637 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Donald Grant Nutter | 154,230 | 55.11% | +3.74% | |
| Democratic | Paul Cannon | 125,651 | 44.89% | −3.74% | |
| Majority | 28,579 | 10.21% | +7.48% | ||
| Turnout | 279,881 | ||||
| Republicanhold | Swing | ||||
