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1936 US Senate election in Maine

Wallace H. White Jr. (Republican) beat Louis J. Brann (Democrat) in Maine in 1936, 50.7% to 49.3%, a margin of 1.5 points and 4,648 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1930, when Wallace H. White Jr. also won.

Republicans led in 10 of the 16 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Cumberland, cast 52,474 votes and went to the Republican by 3.9 points. The closest was Piscataquis, where 52 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
Wallace H. White Jr. won Republican 158,068 50.7%
Louis J. Brann Democratic 153,420 49.3%
Total311,488

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cumberland 25,226 48.1% 27,248 51.9% 52,474 R+3.9
York 18,070 54.3% 15,179 45.7% 33,249 D+8.7
Penobscot 14,946 45.4% 17,992 54.6% 32,938 R+9.2
Kennebec 14,807 50.4% 14,549 49.6% 29,356 D+0.9
Androscoggin 18,276 64.0% 10,288 36.0% 28,564 D+28.0
Aroostook 10,308 41.9% 14,321 58.1% 24,629 R+16.3
Oxford 7,820 49.0% 8,149 51.0% 15,969 R+2.1
Washington 8,890 56.1% 6,943 43.9% 15,833 D+12.3
Somerset 7,059 49.6% 7,184 50.4% 14,243 R+0.9
Hancock 4,871 37.0% 8,303 63.0% 13,174 R+26.1
Knox 4,716 43.1% 6,228 56.9% 10,944 R+13.8
Waldo 3,781 44.0% 4,804 56.0% 8,585 R+11.9
Franklin 3,800 45.2% 4,600 54.8% 8,400 R+9.5
Lincoln 2,865 35.8% 5,137 64.2% 8,002 R+28.4
Piscataquis 3,933 50.3% 3,881 49.7% 7,814 D+0.7
Sagadahoc 4,052 55.4% 3,262 44.6% 7,314 D+10.8

Counties as they stood in 1936; 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