1960 United States Senate election in Maine

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.

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

Candidates

 * Margaret Chase Smith, U.S. Senator since 1949

Results
Senator Smith was unopposed for renomination

Candidates

 * Lucia Cormier, State Representative from Rumford

Results
Representative Cormier was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.