1994 Maine gubernatorial election

1994 Maine gubernatorial election
	King: 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%; Brennan: 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Collins: 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% >90%; Tie: 20–30% 30-40%
Governor before election; John R. McKernan, Jr.; Republican	Elected Governor ; Angus King; Independent

The 1994 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1994 to elect the governor of Maine. Incumbent Republican governor John McKernan was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term. Independent Angus King defeated Democratic nominee, former governor Joseph Brennan, Republican nominee Susan Collins, a regional coordinator of the Small Business Administration, and Green nominee Jonathan Carter, an environmentalist activist. Ed Finks, as a write-in candidate, received in 1.29% of the vote. This was the first election since 1974 that Maine elected an independent governor. Both King and Collins now serve together in the United States Senate since 2013.

Democratic primary

Joseph E. Brennan, former Governor and former U.S. Representative from the 1st congressional district
Tom Allen, former Mayor of Portland
Richard Barringer, former Director of Public Lands in Maine
Robert Woodbury, university administrator

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph E. Brennan	56,359	56.2
	Democratic	Tom Allen	23,881	23.8
	Democratic	Dick Barringer	9,136	9.1
	Democratic	Robert Woodbury	8,150	8.1
	Democratic	Donnell Carroll	2,618	2.6
Total votes			100,144	100.0

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Collins	19,133	21.3
	Republican	Sumner Lipman	15,214	17.0
	Republican	Jasper Wyman	14,335	16.0
	Republican	Judith Foss	11,734	13.1
	Republican	Paul R. Young	10,088	11.3
	Republican	Mary Adams	7,678	8.6
	Republican	Charles Webster	6,220	6.9
	Republican	Pamela Cahill	5,154	5.8
Total votes			89,623	100.0

Angus King (Independent), lawyer
Joseph Brennan (Democratic), former U.S. Representative from the 1st congressional district
Susan Collins (Republican), businesswoman
Jonathan Carter (Green), environmentalist and scientist

1994 Maine gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Angus King	180,829	35.37%
	Democratic	Joseph Brennan	172,951	33.83%
	Republican	Susan Collins	117,990	23.08%
	Green	Jonathan Carter	32,695	6.39%
	Write-in	Ed Finks	6,576	1.29%
	Write-in		267	0.05%
Total votes			511,308	100.00%
	Independent gain from Republican

^ "Maine Governor Primary Results". Maine SOS. June 14, 1994. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
^ "Maine Governor Primary Results". Maine SOS. June 14, 1994. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2013.

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