Maine gubernatorial election, 1954

September 13, 1954



Nominee	Edmund Muskie	Burton M. Cross (Incumbent)
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	135,673	113,298
Percentage	54.49%	45.51%

County results

Counties won by Muskie

Counties won by Cross

Governor before election

Burton M. Cross
Republican

Elected Governor

Edmund Muskie
Democratic

The 1954 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 13, 1954. Incumbent Republican Governor Burton M. Cross was seeking a second term which would have made him the fifth consecutive Governor (all Republicans) to be elected twice. Democratic state representative Edmund Muskie, widely viewed as the underdog due to Maine's solidly Republican history, was able to pull an upset victory and become the first Democrat to be elected to the Blaine House since Louis J. Brann in 1934. His election is widely viewed as the beginning of the rise of the Democratic Party in Maine, and the end of Republican dominance in the state.

Results

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%

Notes

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

Elections and referendums in Maine

Gubernatorial elections	1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Referendums	2009 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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