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The 1930 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 8, 1930. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Arthur Gould, who had been elected to complete the term of the late Senator Bert Fernald, did not run for re-election to a full term.
In the Republican primary, U.S. Representative Wallace H. White Jr. defeated former Governor of Maine Owen Brewster. White easily won the general election over Democrat Frank Haskell.
White and Brewster would later serve together as Senate colleagues from 1941 to 1949.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Wallace H. White Jr. | 46,904 | 50.17% | |
Republican | Owen Brewster | 39,489 | 42.24% | |
Republican | Dugald Dewar | 7,098 | 7.59% | |
Write-in | All others | 2 | 0.00% | |
Total votes | 89,183 | 100.00% |
Haskell was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Frank H. Haskell | 25,598 | 99.57% | |
Write-in | All others | 22 | 0.43% | |
Total votes | 25,598 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Wallace H. White Jr. | 88,262 | 60.95% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Frank H. Haskell | 56,559 | 39.05% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 147,821 | 100.00% |
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The 1940 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 9, 1940.
The 1946 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 9, 1946.
The 1942 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 14, 1942. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Wallace White was re-elected to a third term over Fulton J. Redman.
The 1952 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 8, 1952.
The 1954 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 13, 1954. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith was re-elected to a second term over Democrat Paul Fullam.
The 1964 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democrat Edmund Muskie was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican U.S. Representative Clifford McIntire. This was the first senate race for this particular seat in which the election was held in November and not September. This was the first time ever that an incumbent Democratic Senator from Maine was re-elected to a second full term.
The 1966 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith was re-elected to a fourth term over Democratic State Senator Elmer H. Violette.
The 1916 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 11, 1916.
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