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.
![Cutler](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candCutler.png)
![LePage](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candLePage.png)
![Mitchell](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candMichaud.jpg)
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.
![Cutler](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candCutler.png)
![LePage](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candLePage.png)
![Mitchell](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candMitchell.png)
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.
![Cutler](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candBaldacci.png)
![LaMarche](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candLaMarche.png)
![Merrill](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candMerrill.png)
![Woodcock](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candWoodcock.png)
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.
![Baldacci](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candBaldacci.png)
![Carter](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candCarter.png)
![Cianchette](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candCianchette.png)
1998 Governor's Race
Incumbent Angus King trounced two challengers, including former U.S. Rep. James Longley Jr., to recapture the Blaine House.
![Connolly](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candConnolly.png)
![King](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candKing.png)
![Longley](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candLongley.png)
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.
![Brennan](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candBrennan.png)
![Collins](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candCollins.png)
![King](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candKing.png)
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.
![Adam](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candAdam.png)
![Brennan](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candBrennan.png)
![McKernan](http://dev.mainetodaymedia.com/20141008-gov/candImg/candMcKernan.png)