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Electoral history of Edmund Muskie

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List of elections featuring Edmund Muskie as a candidate

Offices pursued–successfully and unsuccessfully–by Edmund Muskie, the 58th United States Secretary of State, United States Senator from Maine, 64th Governor of Maine, and Member of the Maine House of Representatives from the 110th district.

1954 Maine Governor

1954 Gubernatorial Election, Maine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edmund Muskie	135,673	54.49%	−
	Republican	Burton M. Cross (Incumbent)	113,298	45.51%	−
Majority			22,375	8.99%

1956 Maine Governor

1956 Gubernatorial Election, Maine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edmund Muskie (Incumbent)	180,254	59.17%	−
	Republican	Willis A. Trafton, Jr.	124,395	40.83%	−
Majority			55,859	18.34%

1958 United States Senate

Edmund Muskie 60.8%
Frederick G. Payne (inc.) 39.2%

1964 United States Senate

Edmund Muskie (D) (inc.) 66%
Clifford G. McIntire (R) 33%

1968 United States Vice President

Spiro Agnew (R) 301, 43.42%
Edmund Muskie (D) 191, 42.72%
Curtis LeMay (American Independent Party) 46, 13.53%

1970 United States Senate

Edmund Muskie (D) (inc.) 61.9%
Neil S. Bishop (R) 38.3%

1972 United States President

Democratic convention: Presidential votes

George McGovern 1864.95 delegates
Henry M. Jackson 525
George Wallace 381.7
Shirley Chisholm 151.95
Terry Sanford 77.5
Hubert Humphrey 66.7
Wilbur Mills 33.8
Edmund Muskie 24.3
Edward M. Kennedy 12.7
Sam Yorty 10
Wayne Hays 5
John Lindsay 5
Fred Harris 2
Eugene McCarthy 2
Walter Mondale 2
Ramsey Clark, Walter Fauntroy, Vance Hartke, Harold Hughes and Patsy Mink 1 each

Democratic convention: Vice Presidential votes

Thomas F. Eagleton 1741.81
Frances Farenthold 404.04
Mike Gravel 225.38
Endicott Peabody 107.26
Claiborne W. Smothers 74
Birch Bayh 62
Peter Rodino 56.5
Jimmy Carter 30
Shirley Chisholm 20
Moon Landrieu 18.5
Edward T. Breathitt 18
Edward M. Kennedy 15
Fred Harris 14
Richard G. Hatcher 11
Harold E. Hughes 10
Joseph M. Montoya 9
William L. Guy 8
Adlai E. Stevenson III 8
Three others: 5 votes each
Five others: 4 votes each
Five others: 3 votes each
Edmund Muskie 2 votes
Eight others: 2 votes each
Thirty-seven others: 1 vote each
Four others: shared 88.49 votes

1976 United States Senate

Edmund Muskie (D) (inc.) 60.8%
Robert A. G. Monks (R) 38.2%

References

Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. pp. 1497–1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. pp. 1497–1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved 2016-09-22.

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Electoral history of politicians from Maine