How Maine voted: Governor's races 1990 - 2014
2014 Governor's Race
Paul LePage stormed back into the Blaine House, racking up more votes than any candidate for governor in the last 30 years, despite a three-way race.
2010 Governor's Race
Paul LePage won the election by less than 2 percentage points over Eliot Cutler, the narrowest margin in a governor’s race since 1994. Libby Mitchell faded late in the campaign to finish third.
2006 Governor's Race
With four candidates on the ballot, including an independent and a Green, John Baldacci gathered only 38 percent of the vote, but it was enough to win reelection.
2002 Governor's Race
John Baldacci drew on a broad geographic base outside of southern Maine to beat South Portland businessman Peter Cianchette and Green Party activist Jonathan Carter.
1998 Governor's Race
Incumbent Angus King trounced two challengers, including former U.S. Rep. James Longley Jr., to recapture the Blaine House.
1994 Governor's Race
Independent Angus King launched his political career with a victory in the 1994 race for governor, finishing just ahead of former Gov. Joseph E. Brennan. Susan Collins trailed but would win a U.S. Senate seat in 1996.
1990 Governor's Race
Incumbent John R. McKernan Jr. held off a challenge from Joseph Brennan to win a second term in 1990, with the libertarian-leaning independent Andrew Adam in a distant third.
