1994 United States Senate election in Maine

None March 2026 September 2023 1994 United States Senate election in Maine Maine presidential no 1988 United States Senate election in Maine 1988 2000 United States Senate election in Maine 2000 November 8, 1994 150x150px Olympia Snowe, official photo 2 (cropped).JPG Olympia Snowe Republican Party (United States) 308,244 60.24% Thomas Andrews 1991.jpeg Tom Andrews Democratic Party (United States) 186,042 36.36% 280px County results 280px Municipality results Snowe: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #a80000 >90%Andrews: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #584CDE 70–80% U.S. Senator George J. Mitchell Democratic Party (United States) Olympia Snowe Republican Party (United States) The 1994 United States Senate election in Maine was held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell decided to retire, instead of seeking a third full term. Congressman Tom Andrews won the Democratic primary unopposed, while Congresswoman Olympia Snowe won the Republican primary unopposed. Snowe was not challenging Mitchell for his Senate seat: she ran for the seat when it became open upon his retirement announcement on March 3rd, 1994. In the general election, Snowe defeated Andrews in a rout to win her first of three terms in the United States Senate, a stark contrast to retiring Senator Mitchell's landslide win six years prior. Republicans won this seat for the first time since 1952. Democratic primary Candidates Tom Andrews, U.S. Representative from Maine's 1st congressional district Results Democratic primary resultsPrimary Election Tabulations, June 14, 1994, U.S. Senate - Democratic http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/1994p/pri94sd.htm Maine Department of the Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20121101005434/http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/1994p/pri94sd.htm November 1, 2012 dead Tom Andrews Democratic Party (United States) 82,339 99.83 Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 140 0.17 82,479 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Olympia Snowe, U.S. Representative from Maine's 2nd congressional district and former First Lady of Maine Results Republican primary resultsPrimary Election Tabulations, June 14, 1994, U.S. Senate - Republican http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/1994p/pri94sr.htm Maine Department of the Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20081030093746/http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/1994p/pri94sr.htm October 30, 2008 dead Olympia Snowe Republican Party (United States) 79,953 99.88 Write-ins Republican Party (United States) 93 0.12 80,046 100.00 General election Candidates Tom Andrews, U.S. Representative from Portland (Democratic) Olympia Snowe, U.S. Representative from Auburn and First Lady of Maine (Republican) Plato Truman (Independent) Polling Source Date Snowe (R) Andrews (D) Portland Press Herald October 30, 1994 50% 31% Portland Press Herald October 31, 1994 53% 29% Results United States Senate election in Maine, 1994Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives Clerk of the United States House of Representatives Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1994 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office 15 Republican Party (United States) Olympia Snowe 308,244 60.24% +41.53% Democratic Party (United States) Tom Andrews 186,042 36.36% -44.94% Independent (United States) Plato Truman 17,205 3.36% Write-ins 242 0.05% 122,202 23.88% -38.70% 511,733 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Results by county CountyOlympia SnoweRepublicanTom AndrewsDemocraticAll othersMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Androscoggin22,42655.5%16,25840.2%1,7544.3%6,16815.3%40,438Aroostook20,99571.8%7,11824.4%1,1193.8%13,87747.4%29,232Cumberland59,71154.8%46,81243.0%2,4242.2%12,89911.8%108,947Franklin7,36259.3%4,57036.8%4833.9%2,79216.5%12,415Hancock14,69165.8%6,87730.8%7543.4%7,81435.0%22,322Kennebec28,09657.2%19,21639.1%1,8133.7%8,88018.1%49,125Knox10,12162.9%5,48234.1%4833.0%4,63928.8%16,086Lincoln10,12065.0%4,95631.9%4833.2%5,16433.1%15,559Oxford12,72758.5%8,08137.1%1,7474.4%4,64621.4%21,772Penobscot38,69065.3%18,58531.4%1,9773.4%20,10533.9%59,252Piscataquis5,31369.9%2,03726.8%2543.3%3,27643.1%7,604Sagadahoc8,67760.6%5,12035.7%5293.7%3,55724.9%14,326Somerset11,53360.6%6,65535.0%8374.4%4,87825.6%19,025Waldo9,13063.8%4,66132.6%5183.6%4,46931.2%14,309Washington8,93567.9%3,76528.6%4593.5%5,17039.3%13,159York39,71758.3%25,84937.9%2,5963.8%13,86820.4%68,162Totals308,24460.2%186,04236.4%17,4473.4%122,20223.8%511,733 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican All 16 right 300px Swing by county 300px Trend by county Legend #77e3ff Democratic—+20−30% #aaeeff Democratic—+10−20% #D5F6FF Democratic—+<10% #FFD5D5 Republican—+<10% #FFAAAA Republican—+10−20% #FF8080 Republican—+20−30% #FF5555 Republican—+30−40% #FF2A2A Republican—+40−50% #FF0000 Republican—+50−60% #D40000 Republican—+60–70% #b80000 Republican—+70–80% #990000 Republican—+>80% 300px County flips Legend Republican #ca0120 Flip See also 1994 United States Senate elections References Maine 1994 Category:1994 Maine elections