1956 Maine gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1956 Maine gubernatorial election Maine presidential no 1954 Maine gubernatorial election 1954 1958 Maine gubernatorial election 1958 September 10, 1956 File:Muskie for Maine (cropped).jpg 150x150px Edmund Muskie Democratic Party (United States) 180,254 59.17% File:Willis Trafton.jpg Willis A. Trafton Jr. Republican Party (United States) 124,395 40.83% File:1956 Maine gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 280px County resultsMuskie: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Trafton: #e27f7f 50–60% Governor Edmund Muskie Democratic Party (United States) Edmund Muskie Democratic Party (United States) The 1956 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 10, 1956. Incumbent Democratic Governor Edmund Muskie was seeking re-election, and faced off against Republican Willis A. Trafton Jr. in the general election. Extremely popular, Muskie was able to easily win re-election, carrying every county in the state bar the Republican strongholds of Hancock and Lincoln. Democratic primary Muskie was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Republican primary Candidates Philip F. Chapman Jr., state senator Alexander A. LaFleur, former Maine Attorney General (1951–1954) Willis A. Trafton Jr., Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (1955–1956) Results Republican primary resultshttps://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/Elections/Returns/1956/19560618/elec_19560618c.pdf Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, Elections Division 2025-08-19 Willis A. Trafton, Jr. Republican Party (United States) 42,901 50.85 Philip F. Chapman, Jr. Republican Party (United States) 24,787 29.38 Alexander LaFleur Republican Party (United States) 16,479 19.53 Edmund Muskie (write-in) Republican Party (United States) 196 0.23 Others Republican Party (United States) 6 0.00 84,369 100.00 Results 1956 Gubernatorial Election, Maine 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 2009-05-12 registration Democratic Party (United States) Edmund Muskie (Incumbent) 180,254 59.17% - Republican Party (United States) Willis A. Trafton, Jr. 124,395 40.83% - 55,859 18.34% Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Cumberland (largest city: Portland) Franklin (largest town: Farmington) Knox (largest municipality: Rockland) Notes expanded 1956 Maine Gubernatorial Category:September 1956 in the United States