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2006 US Senate election in Maine

Olympia Snowe (Republican) beat Jean Hay Bright (Democrat) in Maine in 2006, 74.0% to 20.6%, a margin of 53.4 points and 290,614 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2000, when Olympia J. Snowe also won.

Republicans led in 16 of the 16 counties. The largest, Cumberland, cast 119,883 votes and went to the Republican by 46.1 points. The closest was Piscataquis, where 4,320 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
Olympia Snowe won Republican 402,598 74.0%
Jean Hay Bright Democratic 111,984 20.6%
Bill Slavick Independent 29,220 5.4%
Total543,802

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cumberland 28,270 23.6% 83,490 69.6% 8,123 119,883 R+46.1
York 14,932 19.6% 57,805 75.8% 3,473 76,210 R+56.3
Penobscot 11,507 19.9% 42,700 73.7% 3,741 57,948 R+53.8
Kennebec 8,958 17.6% 39,687 78.0% 2,245 50,890 R+60.4
Androscoggin 6,690 16.5% 31,465 77.8% 2,270 40,425 R+61.3
Aroostook 5,221 20.1% 19,845 76.4% 917 25,983 R+56.3
Hancock 6,752 27.2% 16,792 67.6% 1,278 24,822 R+40.4
Oxford 3,804 15.8% 19,055 79.3% 1,177 24,036 R+63.5
Somerset 3,934 19.8% 15,053 75.6% 929 19,916 R+55.8
Knox 4,423 24.1% 13,070 71.2% 862 18,355 R+47.1
Lincoln 3,427 19.6% 13,274 75.8% 800 17,501 R+56.3
Sagadahoc 3,267 19.4% 12,704 75.6% 831 16,802 R+56.2
Waldo 4,292 25.7% 11,626 69.6% 786 16,704 R+43.9
Franklin 2,640 18.7% 10,777 76.5% 665 14,082 R+57.8
Washington 2,623 20.1% 9,691 74.3% 734 13,048 R+54.2
Piscataquis 1,244 16.9% 5,564 75.4% 568 7,376 R+58.6

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