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1916 US Senate election in Maine

Frederick Hale (Republican) beat Charles Johnson (Democrat) in Maine in 1916, 52.8% to 46.0%, a margin of 6.9 points and 10,355 votes.

Bert M. Fernald (Republican) beat Kenneth Sills (Democrat) in Maine in 1916, 54.3% to 45.5%, a margin of 8.8 points and 13,168 votes. (This was a special election.)

Republicans led in 14 of the 16 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Cumberland, cast 23,602 votes and went to the Republican by 6.4 points. The closest was Washington, where 24 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Frederick Hale won Republican 79,841 52.8%
Charles Johnson Democratic 69,486 46.0%
All other candidates 1,789 1.2%
Total151,116

Special election

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bert M. Fernald won Republican 81,369 54.3%
Kenneth Sills Democratic 68,201 45.5%
All other candidates 348 0.2%
Total149,918

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cumberland 10,897 46.2% 12,414 52.6% 291 23,602 R+6.4
Penobscot 7,946 48.6% 8,275 50.6% 124 16,345 R+2.0
Kennebec 6,475 45.8% 7,517 53.1% 158 14,150 R+7.4
York 6,275 45.5% 7,407 53.7% 110 13,792 R+8.2
Androscoggin 5,885 51.7% 5,337 46.9% 166 11,388 D+4.8
Aroostook 3,176 31.1% 6,959 68.3% 61 10,196 R+37.1
Washington 4,308 49.5% 4,332 49.8% 60 8,700 R+0.3
Oxford 3,559 43.2% 4,599 55.8% 82 8,240 R+12.6
Somerset 3,495 43.3% 4,352 53.9% 231 8,078 R+10.6
Hancock 3,479 45.5% 4,089 53.5% 82 7,650 R+8.0
Knox 3,515 55.2% 2,693 42.3% 157 6,365 D+12.9
Waldo 2,680 47.4% 2,887 51.1% 85 5,652 R+3.7
Franklin 1,893 43.6% 2,392 55.1% 57 4,342 R+11.5
Piscataquis 1,931 45.2% 2,329 54.5% 16 4,276 R+9.3
Lincoln 2,059 48.3% 2,159 50.7% 41 4,259 R+2.3
Sagadahoc 1,913 46.9% 2,100 51.5% 68 4,081 R+4.6

Counties as they stood in 1916; 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.

Maine Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Angus King (other)
2020 Susan Margaret Collins (R) R+8.6
2018 Angus King (other)
2014 Susan Collins (R) R+37.0
2012 Angus King (other)
2008 Susan M. Collins (R) R+22.7
2006 Olympia Snowe (R) R+53.4
2002 Susan M. Collins (R) R+16.9
2000 Olympia J. Snowe (R) R+37.9
1996 Susan M. Collins (R) R+5.3
1994 Olympia J. Snowe (R) R+23.9
1990 William S. Cohen (R) R+22.7
1988 George J. Mitchell (D) D+62.6
1984 William S. Cohen (R) R+47.5
1982 George J. Mitchell (D) D+21.7
1978 William Cohen (R) R+22.7
1976 Edmund S. Muskie (D) D+20.4
1972 William Hathaway (D) D+6.5
1970 Ed Muskie (D) D+23.5
1966 Margaret Chase Smith (R) R+17.9
1964 Ed Muskie (D) D+33.2
1960 Margaret Chase Smith (R) R+23.3
1958 Ed Muskie (D) D+21.6
1954 Margaret Chase Smith (R) R+17.2
1952 Frederick Payne (R) R+23.8
1948 Margaret Chase Smith (R) R+42.6
1946 Ralph O. Brewster (R) R+27.1
1942 Wallace H. White Jr. (R) R+33.3
1940 Ralph O. Brewster (R) R+17.3
1936 Wallace H. White Jr. (R) R+1.5
1934 Frederick Hale (R) R+0.4
1930 Wallace H. White Jr. (R) R+21.9
1928 Frederick Hale (R) R+39.3
1924 Bert M. Fernald (R) R+20.9
1922 Frederick Hale (R) R+15.0
1918 Bert M. Fernald (R) R+10.8
1916 Frederick Hale (R) R+6.9