1946 Maine gubernatorial election

1946 Maine gubernatorial election

←  1944 September 9, 1946 1948  →

Nominee Horace Hildreth F. Davis Clark Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 110,327 69,624 Percentage 61.31% 38.69%

County results Hildreth:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Clark:     50–60%

Governor before election Horace Hildreth Republican Elected Governor Horace Hildreth Republican

The 1946 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 9, 1946. Incumbent Republican Governor Horace Hildreth, was seeking a second term, and faced off against Democrat F. Davis Clark. This election represented the first gubernatorial election in Maine following the end of the Second World War, and saw Hildreth easily win re-election.

Since Hildreth failed to carry heavily Democratic Androscoggin County and Clark failed to flip any of the fifteen other counties in the state, this was the last Maine gubernatorial election that saw no counties flip from the previous election until the 2022 gubernatorial election, which saw no counties flip from the 2018 election.

Results

1946 Gubernatorial Election, Maine ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Horace A. Hildreth (incumbent)	110,327	61.31%	−
	Democratic	F. Davis Clark	69,624	38.69%	−
Majority			40,703	22.62%

Notes

1. Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II . CQ Press. 2005. pp.  1497–1499. ISBN   978-1-56802-981-8 . Retrieved May 12, 2009.^{[ dead link ]}