1936 United States Senate election in Maine

1936 United States Senate election in Maine

← 1930 September 14, 1936 1942 →
 
Nominee Wallace White Louis J. Brann
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 158,068 153,420
Percentage 50.75% 49.25%

County results
White:      50–60%      60–70%
Brann:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Wallace H. White Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Wallace H. White Jr.
Republican

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.