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2014 Maine governor election

Paul LePage (Republican) beat Mike Michaud (Democrat) in Maine in 2014, 48.2% to 43.4%, a margin of 4.8 points and 29,408 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2010, when Paul LePage also won.

Republicans led in 14 of the 16 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Cumberland, cast 141,007 votes and went to the Democrat by 11.5 points. The closest was Hancock, where 9 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Paul LePage won Republican 294,533 48.2%
Mike Michaud Democratic 265,125 43.4%
Eliot Cutler Independent 51,518 8.4%
All other candidates 79 0.0%
Total611,255

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cumberland 72,217 51.2% 55,932 39.7% 12,858 141,007 D+11.5
York 36,905 41.8% 43,055 48.7% 8,375 88,335 R+7.0
Penobscot 26,210 40.9% 33,190 51.8% 4,712 64,112 R+10.9
Kennebec 24,129 42.5% 28,336 50.0% 4,249 56,714 R+7.4
Androscoggin 16,376 35.7% 25,987 56.6% 3,557 45,920 R+20.9
Aroostook 12,398 43.0% 13,725 47.6% 2,733 28,856 R+4.6
Oxford 9,269 35.1% 14,902 56.4% 2,229 26,400 R+21.3
Hancock 12,007 45.7% 12,016 45.7% 2,271 26,294 level
Somerset 8,422 37.9% 12,194 54.9% 1,587 22,203 R+17.0
Knox 8,911 47.2% 8,425 44.6% 1,555 18,891 D+2.6
Sagadahoc 8,264 44.5% 8,760 47.2% 1,553 18,577 R+2.7
Waldo 8,167 44.2% 8,862 48.0% 1,446 18,475 R+3.8
Lincoln 7,633 42.1% 9,157 50.5% 1,351 18,141 R+8.4
Franklin 5,426 38.0% 7,591 53.2% 1,248 14,265 R+15.2
Washington 5,452 38.9% 7,390 52.8% 1,160 14,002 R+13.8
Piscataquis 2,810 34.4% 4,736 57.9% 633 8,179 R+23.5

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Maine governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Janet Mills (D) D+13.1
2018 Janet Mills (D) D+7.7
2014 Paul LePage (R) R+4.8
2010 Paul LePage (R) R+19.1
2006 John Baldacci (D) D+7.9
2002 John Baldacci (D) D+5.7
1998 Angus King (other)
1994 Angus King (other)
1990 John McKernan Jr. (R) R+2.6
1986 John R. McKernan Jr. (R) R+9.7
1982 Joseph Brennan (D) D+23.8
1978 Joseph Brennan (D) D+13.4
1974 James B. Longley (other)
1970 Kenneth M. Curtis (D) D+0.3
1966 Kenneth M. Curtis (D) D+6.2
1962 John H. Reed (R) R+0.2
1960 John H. Reed (R) R+5.3
1958 Clinton A. Clauson (D) D+4.0
1956 Edmund Muskie (D) D+18.3
1954 Edmund S. Muskie (D) D+9.0
1952 Burton M. Cross (R) R+18.6
1950 Frederick G. Payne (R) R+21.4
1948 Frederick G. Payne (R) R+31.2
1946 Horace A. Hildreth (R) R+22.6
1944 Horace A. Hildreth (R) R+40.5
1942 Sumner Sewall (R) R+33.7
1940 Sumner Sewall (R) R+27.7
1938 Lewis O. Barrows (R) R+5.9
1936 Lewis O. Barrows (R) R+13.9
1934 Louis J. Brann (D) D+8.1
1932 Louis J. Brann (D) D+1.0
1930 William Tudor Gardiner (R) R+10.1
1928 William Tudor Gardiner (R) R+38.6
1926 Ralph O. Brewster (R) R+11.0
1924 Ralph O. Brewster (R) R+14.4
1922 Percival P. Baxter (R) R+15.9
1920 Frederick H. Parkhurst (R) R+31.8
1918 Carl Milliken (R) R+4.1
1916 Carl E. Milliken (R) R+9.1
1914 Oakley C. Curtis (D) D+2.3
1912 William T. Haines (R) R+2.3
1910 Frederick W. Plaisted (D) D+6.1
1908 Bert M. Fernald (R) R+5.1
1906 William T. Cobb (R) R+6.0
1904 William T. Cobb (R) R+20.4
1902 John F. Hill (R) R+24.8
1900 John F. Hill (R) R+28.3
1898 Llewellyn Powers (R) R+28.2
1896 Llewellyn Powers (R) R+39.1
1894 Henry B. Cleaves (R) R+36.1
1892 Henry B. Cleaves (R) R+9.6
1890 Edwin C. Burleigh (R) R+16.6
1888 Edwin C. Burleigh (R) R+12.4
1886 Joseph R. Bodwell (R) R+10.6
1884 Frederick Robie (R) R+13.9
1882 Frederick Robie (R) R+6.2
1880 Harris M. Plaisted (D) D+0.1
1879 Daniel F. Davis (R) R+34.0
1878 Alonzo Garcelon (D) R+22.5
1877 Selden Connor (R) R+11.1
1876 Selden Connor (R) R+11.3
1875 Selden Connor (R) R+4.5
1874 Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) R+9.7
1873 Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) R+15.8
1872 Sidney Perham (R) R+13.0
1871 Sidney Perham (R) R+10.2
1870 Sidney Perham (R) R+8.3
1869 Joshua L. Chamberlain (R) R+12.9
1868 Joshua L. Chamberlain (R) R+14.7
1867 Joshua L. Chamberlain (R) R+11.3
1866 Joshua L. Chamberlain (R) R+24.8
1865 Samuel Cony (R) R+26.6