Electoral history of Edmund Muskie

Edmund Muskie

Electoral offices won, and sought unsuccessfully, by Edmund Muskie.

1954 Maine Governor

1954 Gubernatorial Election, Maine^[1]

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^[2]

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 (D) 60.8%
• Frederick G. Payne (R) (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) 43.42%
• Edmund Muskie (D) 42.72%
• Curtis LeMay (American Independent Party) 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

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