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1942 US Senate election in Maine

Wallace H. White Jr. (Republican) beat Fulton J. Redman (Democrat) in Maine in 1942, 66.7% to 33.3%, a margin of 33.3 points and 55,766 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1936, when Wallace H. White Jr. also won.

Republicans led in 16 of the 16 counties as they stood then. The largest, Cumberland, cast 28,347 votes and went to the Republican by 33.4 points. The closest was Androscoggin, where 1,668 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 111,520 66.7%
Fulton J. Redman Democratic 55,754 33.3%
Total167,274

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cumberland 9,444 33.3% 18,903 66.7% 28,347 R+33.4
York 10,144 44.7% 12,565 55.3% 22,709 R+10.7
Androscoggin 7,935 45.2% 9,603 54.8% 17,538 R+9.5
Kennebec 5,931 35.9% 10,583 64.1% 16,514 R+28.2
Penobscot 3,654 26.1% 10,330 73.9% 13,984 R+47.7
Aroostook 2,101 22.0% 7,434 78.0% 9,535 R+55.9
Oxford 3,072 32.8% 6,296 67.2% 9,368 R+34.4
Washington 2,627 30.7% 5,924 69.3% 8,551 R+38.6
Somerset 2,635 33.7% 5,190 66.3% 7,825 R+32.7
Knox 1,395 24.5% 4,304 75.5% 5,699 R+51.0
Lincoln 1,227 24.5% 3,773 75.5% 5,000 R+50.9
Hancock 1,085 21.8% 3,896 78.2% 4,981 R+56.4
Waldo 1,115 23.8% 3,579 76.2% 4,694 R+52.5
Sagadahoc 1,197 27.4% 3,174 72.6% 4,371 R+45.2
Piscataquis 1,235 28.4% 3,120 71.6% 4,355 R+43.3
Franklin 957 25.2% 2,846 74.8% 3,803 R+49.7

Counties as they stood in 1942; 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