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1958 US Senate election in Maine

Ed Muskie (Democrat) beat Frederick Payne (Republican) in Maine in 1958, 60.8% to 39.2%, a margin of 21.6 points and 61,320 votes.

Maine changed party: in 1952 it went Republican, for Frederick Payne.

Democrats led in 14 of the 16 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 2. The largest, Cumberland, cast 52,482 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.9 points. The closest was Knox, where 216 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
Ed Muskie won Democratic 172,842 60.8%
Frederick Payne Republican 111,522 39.2%
Total284,364

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cumberland 32,239 61.4% 20,243 38.6% 52,482 D+22.9
York 23,217 63.5% 13,348 36.5% 36,565 D+27.0
Androscoggin 22,162 75.7% 7,111 24.3% 29,273 D+51.4
Kennebec 18,780 64.4% 10,384 35.6% 29,164 D+28.8
Penobscot 16,589 57.8% 12,092 42.2% 28,681 D+15.7
Aroostook 11,063 56.9% 8,370 43.1% 19,433 D+13.9
Oxford 8,995 62.6% 5,363 37.4% 14,358 D+25.3
Washington 6,083 54.1% 5,166 45.9% 11,249 D+8.2
Somerset 6,732 61.5% 4,217 38.5% 10,949 D+23.0
Hancock 4,015 42.4% 5,454 57.6% 9,469 R+15.2
Knox 4,478 51.2% 4,262 48.8% 8,740 D+2.5
Waldo 3,828 52.8% 3,428 47.2% 7,256 D+5.5
Franklin 4,284 60.2% 2,838 39.8% 7,122 D+20.3
Sagadahoc 4,323 60.7% 2,799 39.3% 7,122 D+21.4
Lincoln 2,807 41.0% 4,035 59.0% 6,842 R+17.9
Piscataquis 3,247 57.4% 2,412 42.6% 5,659 D+14.8

Counties as they stood in 1958; 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