The 1960 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 8, 1960. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith was re-elected to a third term over Democratic State Senator Lucia Cormier.

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1960 United States Senate election in Maine

← 1954 November 8, 1960 1966 →

Nominee Margaret Chase Smith Lucia Cormier Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 256,890 159,809 Percentage 61.65% 38.35%

County results Smith:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Cormier:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election Margaret Chase Smith Republican Elected U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith Republican

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This was the first election in U.S. Senate history in which all candidates or all major-party candidates were women.^[1] This was the first U.S. Senate election in Maine that was held in November, rather than in September.

• 1960 United States Senate elections