1960 Republican Party presidential primaries

1960 Republican Party presidential primaries

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Candidate Richard Nixon Nelson Rockefeller Home state California New York Contests won 11 0 Popular vote 4,975,938 30,639 Percentage 86.6% 0.52%

Results map by state.

Previous Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican nominee Richard Nixon

From March 8 to June 7, 1960, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1960 United States 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.^[1]

At this time, primaries were not conclusive in deciding a party's nominee. However, Nixon faced no formidable opposition. He swept the primaries without difficulty and received the nomination unanimously at the July convention. He was briefly opposed by Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York, who withdrew and endorsed Nixon after struggling in the polls.