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2018 US Senate election in Maine

Angus King (Independent) beat Eric Brakey (Republican) in Maine in 2018, 54.3% to 35.2%, a margin of 19.1 points and 121,073 votes.

The third-party hold continued from 2012, when Angus King also won.

other candidates led in 15 of the 17 counties and Republicans in 2. The largest, Cumberland, cast 154,180 votes and went to the other candidates by 34.9 points. The closest was Somerset, where 194 votes separated the top two.

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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
Angus King won Independent 344,575 54.3%
Eric Brakey Republican 223,502 35.2%
Zak Ringelstein Democratic 66,268 10.4%
All other candidates 64 0.0%
Total634,409

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cumberland 20,262 13.1% 40,053 26.0% 93,865 154,180 Others
York 11,551 12.1% 32,849 34.3% 51,387 95,787 Others
Penobscot 5,856 9.0% 27,692 42.7% 31,299 64,847 Others
Kennebec 4,837 8.6% 21,608 38.5% 29,643 56,088 Others
Androscoggin 4,316 9.5% 18,931 41.7% 22,162 45,409 Others
Hancock 2,969 10.5% 9,837 34.8% 15,471 28,277 Others
Aroostook 1,822 6.7% 10,767 39.4% 14,745 27,334 Others
Oxford 2,141 8.4% 10,510 41.0% 12,954 25,605 Others
Somerset 1,493 7.1% 9,831 46.9% 9,637 20,961 R+39.8
Knox 2,234 10.9% 6,270 30.6% 12,012 20,516 Others
Waldo 1,976 10.0% 7,265 36.8% 10,506 19,747 Others
Sagadahoc 1,507 7.8% 6,284 32.6% 11,473 19,264 Others
Lincoln 1,592 8.3% 6,814 35.5% 10,763 19,169 Others
Franklin 1,383 9.8% 5,194 36.8% 7,551 14,128 Others
Washington 1,097 8.3% 5,770 43.8% 6,314 13,181 Others
Piscataquis 534 7.1% 3,578 47.7% 3,382 7,494 R+40.6
State Uocava 698 28.8% 249 10.3% 1,475 2,422 Others

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