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Republican Party presidential primaries, 1960

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March 8 to June 7, 1960
  
1964 →

4,975,938
  
123,756

86.6%
  
1.5%

Start date
  
1960

11
  
1

123,756
  
48,461

1.5%
  
0.8%

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The 1960 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1960 U.S. presidential election. Incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1960 Republican National Convention held from July 25 to July 28, 1960, in Chicago, Illinois.

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In seeking the nomination, Nixon faced no formidable opposition. He swept the primaries without difficulty.

Statewide contests by winner

Statewide contest won by candidates

  • Italics - Write-In Vote

    • Primaries total popular vote results

  • Richard M. Nixon - 4,975,938 (86.63%)
  • George H. Bender - 211,090 (3.68%)
  • Unpledged - 314,234 (5.47%)
  • Cecil Underwood - 123,756 (2.16%)
  • James M. Lloyd - 48,461 (0.84%)
  • Nelson Rockefeller - 30,639 (0.53%)
  • Others - 39,516 (0.69%)

    • References

    Republican Party presidential primaries, 1960 Wikipedia
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