The 1926 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 13, 1926. Incumbent Republican Governor Ralph Owen Brewster defeated Democratic candidate Ernest L. McLean.
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![]() County results Brewster: 50–60% 60–70% McLean: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Ralph Owen Brewster (incumbent) | 100,776 | 55.52% | ||
Democratic | Ernest L. McLean | 80,748 | 44.48% | ||
Majority | 20,028 | 11.04% | |||
Turnout | 181,524 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "ME Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
- ^ Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II. CQ Press. 2005. p. 1499. ISBN 978-1-56802-981-8. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2013). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1912-1931: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7864-7033-4.
- ^ Legislative Record of the Eighty-Third Legislature of the State of Maine. 1927 (PDF). Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Company. 1927. p. 22.