1984 United States Senate election in Maine

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1984 United States Senate election in Maine
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  1978 November 7, 1984 1990  
  Senator William Cohen (R-ME).jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee William Cohen Libby Mitchell
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote404,414142,626
Percentage73.34%25.87%

1984 United States Senate election in Maine results map by county.svg
1984 United States Senate election in Maine results map by municipality.svg
Cohen:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Mitchell:     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. senator before election

William Cohen
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

William Cohen
Republican

The 1984 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 7, 1984. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator William Cohen won re-election to a second term in a landslide over Democratic state representative Elizabeth "Libby" Mitchell. Both Cohen and Mitchell were unopposed in their party primaries.

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Mitchell would later serve as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives from 1994 to 1997, and President of the Maine Senate from 2008 to 2010. She would also be the Democratic nominee for Governor of Maine in 2010, losing that election to Republican Paul LePage.

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

Cohen defeated Mitchell in a near-50-point landslide. Cohen carried all but four municipalities in the state, with Mitchell winning only Brighton Plantation, Eagle Lake, Isle au Haut, and the Penobscot Indian Island Reservation.

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican William Cohen (incumbent) 404,414 73.34%
Democratic Libby Mitchell 142,62625.87%
ConstitutionalistP. Ann Stoddard4,3380.79%
Total votes551,378 100.00%
Republican hold

See also

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