1960 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

1960 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

19 April 1960

Nominee Taddy Aycock Clark C. Boardman Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 392,421 68,186 Percentage 83.16% 14.45%

Lieutenant Governor before election Lether Edward Frazar Democratic Elected Lieutenant Governor Taddy Aycock Democratic

The 1960 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 19 April 1960 in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Louisiana. Democratic nominee and former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives Taddy Aycock defeated Republican nominee Clark C. Boardman and States Rights nominee Vaughn L. Phelps.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary election was held on 5 December 1959, but as no candidate received a majority of the votes cast, a runoff was held in January 1960 between incumbent mayor of Alexandria William George Bowdon Jr. and former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives Taddy Aycock. Former speaker Taddy Aycock won the runoff but the results of the election are unknown, and was thus elected as the nominee for the general election.

Results

Candidate	First Round		Run-off
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Taddy Aycock	219,551	27.88	0	–
William George Bowdon Jr.	227,758	28.92	0	–
Earl Long	157,452	19.99
Cy D. F. Courtney	105,637	13.41
William J. White	61,440	7.80
Frank A. Jordan Jr.	15,766	2.00
Total	787,604	100.00

General election

On election day, 19 April 1960, Democratic nominee Taddy Aycock won the election by a margin of 324,235 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Clark C. Boardman, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Aycock was sworn in as the 45th lieutenant governor of Louisiana on 10 May 1960.

Results

Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1960

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Taddy Aycock	392,421	83.16
	Republican	Clark C. Boardman	68,186	14.45
	States' Rights	Vaughn L. Phelps	11,299	2.39
Total votes			471,906	100.00
	Democratic hold