Maine gubernatorial election, 1966

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Maine gubernatorial election, 1966
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  1962 November 8, 1966 1970  
 
Nominee Kenneth M. Curtis John H. Reed
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote172,036151,802
Percentage53.12%46.88%

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County results
  Counties won by Curtis
  Counties won by Reed

Governor before election

John H. Reed
Republican

Elected Governor

Kenneth M. Curtis
Democratic

The 1966 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 1, 1966. Incumbent Republican Governor John Reed, had been elected to finish the term of Clinton Clauson in 1960, was then re-elected in 1962 and became the state's first four-year Governor. Reed was seeking a second full four-year term, and was challenged by Democrat Kenneth M. Curtis. Curtis defeated Reed, beginning a twenty-year period of Republican isolation from the Blaine House.

Republican Party (United States) Major political party in the United States

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

John H. Reed American politician

John Hathaway Reed was the 67th Governor of Maine, holding office during the 1960s. He was once an Aroostook County potato farmer. Reed was a Republican who took office following the death of Governor Clinton Clauson.

Clinton Amos Clauson was a Democratic Party politician and the 66th Governor of Maine. Clauson died while in office, having served as governor for just under a year.

This was the last gubernatorial election in Maine in which a non-incumbent candidate won with a majority of the vote, until Janet Mills won with 50.8% of the vote in 2018.

Results

1966 Gubernatorial Election, Maine [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Kenneth M. Curtis 172,03653.12%-
Republican John H. Reed 151,80246.88%-
Majority20,2346.25%

Notes

  1. Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. pp. 1497–1499. ISBN   978-1-56802-981-8.

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