Maine gubernatorial election, 1946

September 9, 1946



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

County results

Counties won by Clark

Counties won by Hildreth

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 A. 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

Results

1946 Gubernatorial Election, Maine^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Horace A. Hildreth	110,327	61.31%	-
	Democratic	F. Davis Clark	69,624	38.69%	-
Majority			40,703	22.62%

Notes

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

Elections and referendums in Maine

Gubernatorial elections	1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Referendums	2009 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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