1994 Maine gubernatorial election

1994 Maine gubernatorial election

← 1990 November 8, 1994 1998 →
 
Nominee Angus King Joseph Brennan
Party Independent Democratic
Popular vote 180,829 172,951
Percentage 35.4% 33.8%

 
Nominee Susan Collins Jonathan Carter
Party Republican Green
Popular vote 117,990 32,695
Percentage 23.1% 6.4%

King:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Brennan:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Collins:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      >90%
Tie:     20–30%      30-40%

Governor before election

John R. McKernan, Jr.
Republican

Elected Governor

Angus King
Independent

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.