The 1960 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1960. Incumbent
Governor of MontanaJ. Hugo Aronson, who was first elected governor in
1952 and was re-elected in
1956, declined to run for re-election.
Donald Grant Nutter, a former
state senator, narrowly won the
Republican primary, and advanced to the general election, where he was opposed by Paul Cannon, the
Lieutenant Governor of Montana and the
Democratic nominee. Nutter defeated Cannon by a fairly wide margin, winning his one and only term as governor, as he would die just a year into his term.