1960 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

1960 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election

← 1958 November 8, 1960 1962 →

Nominee Dwight W. Burney Norman A. Otto Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 338,824 242,891 Percentage 58.2% 41.8%

County results Burney:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Otto:      50–60%

Lieutenant Governor before election Dwight W. Burney Republican Elected Lieutenant Governor Dwight W. Burney Republican

The 1960 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1960. Prior to the election, on September 9, 1960, Nebraska Governor Ralph G. Brooks died while in office. This caused then Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Dwight W. Burney to become Governor of Nebraska two months before the election in which he was running for reelection as lieutenant governor.^[1] Thus, the 1960 lieutenant governor election featured incumbent Nebraska Governor Dwight W. Burney, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee Norman A. Otto,^[2] who was chosen by the Nebraska Democratic Party to replace Edward A. Dosek, who had won the Democratic primaries but had withdrawn from the race.^[3]