Election Name: | 1936 United States Senate election in Maine |
Country: | Maine |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1930 United States Senate election in Maine |
Previous Year: | 1930 |
Next Election: | 1942 United States Senate election in Maine |
Next Year: | 1942 |
Election Date: | September 14, 1936 |
Image1: | File:WallaceWhiteJr.jpg |
Nominee1: | Wallace White |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 158,068 |
Percentage1: | 50.75% |
Nominee2: | Louis J. Brann |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 153,420 |
Percentage2: | 49.25% |
Map Size: | 250px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Wallace H. White Jr. |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Wallace H. White Jr. |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1936 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 14, 1936. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Wallace White was re-elected to a second term over Governor Louis J. Brann.
Although 1936 is typically seen as the end of Maine's status as a national bellwether, White's narrow victory in strongly Republican Maine may have been a portent of doom for Alf Landon's fall presidential campaign, in which he carried only Maine and nearby Vermont.
Senator White was unopposed for re-nomination.
Governor Brann was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.