November 8, 1960 1964 → 779,933 757,915 | 11 0 50.6% 49.2% | |
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The 1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 8, 1960 in Minnesota as part of the 1960 United States presidential election.
The Democratic Party candidate U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts won the state over incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon by a margin of 22,018 votes, or 1.42%. Kennedy went on to win the election nationally, but by the closest margin since Woodrow Wilson's re-election in 1916. This was the last presidential election held in Minnesota before the elimination of the 9th congressional district in 1963.
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United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1960 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA