1962 Maine gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1962 Maine gubernatorial election Maine presidential no 1960 Maine gubernatorial special election 1960 (special) 1966 Maine gubernatorial election 1966 November 6, 1962 File:JohnReed-Maine.jpg 150x150px John H. Reed Republican Party (United States) 146,604 50.08% 3x4.svg Maynard Dolloff Democratic Party (United States) 146,121 49.92% File:1962 Maine gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 280px County resultsReed: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Dolloff: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor John H. Reed Republican Party (United States) John H. Reed Republican Party (United States) The 1962 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Republican Governor John Reed was seeking his first full term in office. As President of the Maine Senate, Reed had assumed the governorship upon the death of his predecessor, Democrat Clinton Clauson, and had been elected in his own right in a 1960 special election to finish the final two years of Clauson's term. Reed faced off against Democratic challenger Maynard C. Dolloff, who narrowly dispatched Richard Dubord in the Democratic primary. Reed was re-elected by one of the narrowest margins in Maine history — a mere 483 votes. To date, this is the most recent time a Republican won a majority of the popular vote in a Maine gubernatorial election. 1962-06-19 Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, June 19, 1962, Image 2 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1962-06-19/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1962&index=0&rows=20&words=Dubord+Richard&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=richard+dubord&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 2025-03-07 A 2331-9968 Republican primary Governor Reed was unopposed in the GOP primary. Democratic primary Candidates Maynard C. Dolloff, former State Grange Master and candidate for governor in 1958 Richard Dubord, Democratic National Committee member, former mayor of Waterville Results Dolloff won the Democratic nomination by a narrow margin, defeating DNC member Richard Dubord by 227 votes. Democratic primary results Maynard C. Dolloff Democratic Party (United States) 18,234 50.31 Richard Dubord Democratic Party (United States) 18,007 49.69 36,241 100.00 Results Maine gubernatorial results Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II CQ Press 2005 1497–1499 https://archive.org/details/guidetouselectio00cqpr/page/1497 978-1-56802-981-8 2009-05-11 registration Republican Party (United States) John H. Reed (Incumbent) 146,604 50.08% - Democratic Party (United States) Maynard C. Dolloff 146,121 49.92% - 483 0.17% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Kennebec (largest city: Augusta) Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Oxford (largest town: Rumford) Notes expanded 1962 Maine Gubernatorial Category:November 1962 in the United States