Election Name: | 1994 Maine gubernatorial election |
Country: | Maine |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1990 Maine gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1990 |
Election Date: | November 8, 1994 |
Next Election: | 1998 Maine gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1998 |
Image1: | Image:AngusKing.jpg |
Nominee1: | Angus King |
Party1: | Independent (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 180,829 |
Percentage1: | 35.4% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | John R. McKernan, Jr. |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Angus King |
After Party: | Independent (United States) |
Nominee2: | Joseph Brennan |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 172,951 |
Percentage2: | 33.8% |
Image4: | File:Susan Collins official photo.jpg |
Nominee4: | Susan Collins |
Party4: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote4: | 117,990 |
Percentage4: | 23.1% |
Image5: | 3x4.svg |
Nominee5: | Jonathan Carter |
Party5: | Green Party (United States) |
Popular Vote5: | 32,695 |
Percentage5: | 6.4% |
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.