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Election 1960 Results

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1960 Indiana governor election

Matthew E. Welsh (Democrat) beat Crawford F. Parker (Republican) in Indiana in 1960, 50.4% to 49.3%, a margin of 1.1 points and 23,177 votes.

Indiana changed party: in 1956 it went Republican, for Harold W. Handley.

Republicans led in 50 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 42. The largest, Marion, cast 287,833 votes and went to the Republican by 4.6 points. The closest was Whitley, where 15 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Matthew E. Welsh won	Democratic	1,072,717	50.4%
Crawford F. Parker	Republican	1,049,540	49.3%
All other candidates		6,708	0.3%
Total		2,128,965

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Marion	136,900 47.6%	150,281 52.2%	652	287,833	R+4.6
Lake	136,000 64.5%	74,150 35.2%	582	210,732	D+29.4
St. Joseph	67,409 58.1%	48,250 41.6%	334	115,993	D+16.5
Allen	44,675 45.2%	53,971 54.6%	231	98,877	R+9.4
Vanderburgh	39,734 51.3%	37,544 48.4%	213	77,491	D+2.8
Madison	30,618 51.6%	28,608 48.2%	157	59,383	D+3.4
Vigo	27,769 55.4%	22,283 44.4%	102	50,154	D+10.9
Delaware	25,465 51.5%	23,846 48.2%	165	49,476	D+3.3
Elkhart	18,824 42.4%	25,040 56.4%	505	44,369	R+14.0
La Porte	22,018 51.2%	20,915 48.6%	72	43,005	D+2.6
Tippecanoe	15,562 40.4%	22,924 59.5%	67	38,553	R+19.1
Wayne	14,821 45.1%	17,923 54.6%	99	32,843	R+9.4
Grant	15,102 46.1%	17,527 53.5%	157	32,786	R+7.4
Howard	15,963 50.8%	15,371 48.9%	85	31,419	D+1.9
Clark	15,373 57.1%	11,507 42.7%	47	26,927	D+14.4
Porter	11,790 44.9%	14,421 54.9%	76	26,287	R+10.0
Henry	10,525 44.1%	13,178 55.3%	137	23,840	R+11.1
Floyd	12,968 54.6%	10,722 45.1%	62	23,752	D+9.5
Bartholomew	10,508 45.7%	12,403 53.9%	96	23,007	R+8.2
Monroe	10,430 47.0%	11,682 52.7%	75	22,187	R+5.6
Knox	12,716 59.1%	8,750 40.7%	55	21,521	D+18.4
Johnson	8,860 44.4%	11,025 55.2%	70	19,955	R+10.8
Kosciusko	7,704 39.4%	11,611 59.4%	222	19,537	R+20.0
Cass	9,327 47.9%	10,070 51.7%	83	19,480	R+3.8
Hendricks	7,675 40.3%	11,315 59.4%	58	19,048	R+19.1
Hamilton	6,946 36.6%	11,980 63.1%	45	18,971	R+26.5
Lawrence	8,155 45.0%	9,912 54.7%	56	18,123	R+9.7
Huntington	8,832 49.2%	9,015 50.2%	98	17,945	R+1.0
Marshall	7,369 44.1%	9,235 55.3%	90	16,694	R+11.2
Shelby	8,445 51.0%	8,065 48.7%	50	16,560	D+2.3
Gibson	8,882 53.8%	7,600 46.0%	30	16,512	D+7.8
Montgomery	6,306 38.2%	10,138 61.4%	58	16,502	R+23.2
Clinton	7,437 46.1%	8,635 53.6%	48	16,120	R+7.4
Greene	7,979 52.2%	7,265 47.5%	42	15,286	D+4.7
Wabash	5,846 38.4%	9,294 61.1%	80	15,220	R+22.7
Jackson	7,764 51.0%	7,420 48.8%	35	15,219	D+2.3
Morgan	6,714 44.8%	8,219 54.9%	45	14,978	R+10.0
Miami	6,992 46.8%	7,891 52.8%	70	14,953	R+6.0
Randolph	6,504 44.7%	7,963 54.7%	91	14,558	R+10.0
Boone	6,077 42.2%	8,287 57.6%	31	14,395	R+15.4
De Kalb	6,649 46.7%	7,493 52.7%	82	14,224	R+5.9
Dearborn	7,530 54.9%	6,164 45.0%	11	13,705	D+10.0
Daviess	6,476 47.5%	7,135 52.3%	25	13,636	R+4.8
Noble	6,529 49.0%	6,735 50.6%	51	13,315	R+1.5
Dubois	8,660 65.3%	4,583 34.6%	17	13,260	D+30.7
Clay	6,695 52.2%	6,085 47.4%	45	12,825	D+4.8
Hancock	5,766 46.0%	6,720 53.6%	41	12,527	R+7.6
Sullivan	7,304 60.5%	4,725 39.1%	45	12,074	D+21.4
Fayette	6,253 51.8%	5,791 48.0%	27	12,071	D+3.8
Warrick	6,078 52.8%	5,414 47.0%	17	11,509	D+5.8
Jay	5,896 51.4%	5,521 48.1%	63	11,480	D+3.3
Jefferson	5,425 47.3%	6,001 52.4%	37	11,463	R+5.0
Putnam	5,771 50.5%	5,626 49.3%	20	11,417	D+1.3
Adams	6,136 54.1%	5,127 45.2%	88	11,351	D+8.9
Whitley	5,388 49.7%	5,403 49.8%	52	10,843	R+0.1
Ripley	5,561 51.5%	5,217 48.3%	25	10,803	D+3.2
White	4,579 43.4%	5,948 56.4%	21	10,548	R+13.0
Decatur	4,673 44.9%	5,705 54.8%	28	10,406	R+9.9
Fountain	4,808 46.5%	5,519 53.4%	15	10,342	R+6.9
Wells	5,274 51.7%	4,892 47.9%	45	10,211	D+3.7
Vermillion	6,026 59.1%	4,157 40.8%	18	10,201	D+18.3
Harrison	5,223 52.8%	4,635 46.9%	29	9,887	D+5.9
Posey	4,981 51.1%	4,749 48.7%	14	9,744	D+2.4
Rush	4,030 41.4%	5,667 58.2%	37	9,734	R+16.8
Orange	4,565 47.9%	4,944 51.9%	13	9,522	R+4.0
Spencer	4,520 48.2%	4,845 51.7%	13	9,378	R+3.5
Perry	5,195 55.9%	4,080 43.9%	11	9,286	D+12.0
Fulton	3,709 40.6%	5,378 58.9%	49	9,136	R+18.3
Washington	4,484 50.8%	4,333 49.0%	18	8,835	D+1.7
Carroll	3,975 45.1%	4,795 54.5%	36	8,806	R+9.3
Starke	4,436 51.8%	4,115 48.0%	17	8,568	D+3.7
Tipton	3,852 46.5%	4,428 53.5%		8,280	R+7.0
Jasper	3,303 40.2%	4,892 59.6%	17	8,212	R+19.3
Parke	3,898 48.3%	4,166 51.6%	9	8,073	R+3.3
Steuben	3,362 41.9%	4,645 57.9%	22	8,029	R+16.0
Jennings	4,056 51.4%	3,812 48.3%	28	7,896	D+3.1
Pike	4,140 53.1%	3,640 46.7%	22	7,802	D+6.4
Franklin	3,929 51.8%	3,641 48.0%	9	7,579	D+3.8
Blackford	3,611 51.9%	3,326 47.8%	25	6,962	D+4.1
Pulaski	3,071 45.7%	3,559 52.9%	96	6,726	R+7.3
Scott	3,582 57.4%	2,639 42.3%	19	6,240	D+15.1
Lagrange	2,497 40.3%	3,650 58.9%	49	6,196	R+18.6
Owen	2,976 48.5%	3,135 51.1%	19	6,130	R+2.6
Benton	2,615 43.7%	3,358 56.1%	11	5,984	R+12.4
Newton	1,991 36.9%	3,385 62.8%	13	5,389	R+25.9
Martin	3,096 58.1%	2,228 41.8%	9	5,333	D+16.3
Crawford	2,696 51.3%	2,539 48.3%	19	5,254	D+3.0
Warren	1,804 40.0%	2,693 59.7%	16	4,513	R+19.7
Switzerland	2,246 57.6%	1,646 42.2%	6	3,898	D+15.4
Union	1,349 41.3%	1,908 58.4%	9	3,266	R+17.1
Brown	1,829 56.2%	1,402 43.1%	21	3,252	D+13.1
Ohio	1,235 52.5%	1,110 47.2%	8	2,353	D+5.3

Counties as they stood in 1960; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Indiana governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Mike Braun (R)	R+13.3
2020	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+24.5
2016	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+6.0
2012	Mike Pence (R)	R+2.9
2008	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+17.8
2004	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+7.7
2000	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+14.9
1996	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+4.7
1992	Evan Bayh (D)	D+25.1
1988	Evan Bayh (D)	D+6.4
1984	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+5.0
1980	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+15.8
1976	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.2
1972	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.3
1968	Edgar D. Whitcomb (R)	R+5.6
1964	Roger D. Branigin (D)	D+12.7
1960	Matthew E. Welsh (D)	D+1.1
1956	Harold W. Handley (R)	R+11.6
1952	George N. Craig (R)	R+12.1
1948	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+8.4
1944	Ralph F. Gates (R)	R+2.8
1940	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+0.2
1936	Maurice Clifford Townsend (D)	D+11.0
1932	Paul V. McNutt (D)	D+12.3
1928	Harry G. Leslie (R)	R+3.1
1924	Ed Jackson (R)	R+6.6
1920	Warren T. McCray (R)	R+13.4
1916	James P. Goodrich (R)	R+1.8
1912	Samuel M. Ralston (D)	D+20.8
1908	Thomas R. Marshall (D)	D+2.1
1904	J. Frank Hanly (R)	R+12.6
1900	Winfield T. Durbin (R)	R+3.8
1896	James A. Mount (R)	R+4.1
1892	Claude Matthews (D)	D+1.3
1888	Alvin P. Hovey (R)	R+0.4
1884	Isaac P. Gray (D)	D+1.5
1880	Albert Gallatin Porter (R)	R+1.5
1876	James Douglas Williams (D)	D+1.2
1872	Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D)	D+0.3
1868	Conrad Baker (R)	R+0.3

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