1986 Maine gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1986 Maine gubernatorial election Maine presidential no 1982 Maine gubernatorial election 1982 1990 Maine gubernatorial election 1990 November 4, 1986 150x150px File:Governor John McKernan official portrait (cropped 2).jpg John McKernan Republican Party (United States) 170,312 39.90% File:James Tierney (attorney).png James Tierney Democratic Party (United States) 128,744 30.16% 100px Sherry Huber Independent 64,317 15.07% 100px John Menario Independent 63,474 14.87% 280px County results 280px Municipality results McKernan: #FFC8CD 30–40% #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Tierney: #BDD3FF 30–40% #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Huber: #d9d9d9ff 40–50% #737373ff 70–80%Menario: #aae5aaff 30–40% Tie: #decde6ff 30–40% #D2B1D9 40–50% #AE8BB1 50% Governor Joseph Brennan Democratic Party (United States) John McKernan Republican Party (United States) The 1986 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1986. Incumbent Democratic Governor Joseph Brennan was term limited and ineligible to seek re-election. First district Congressman John McKernan defeated Democratic Party challenger James Tierney as well as former Republican turned Independent Sherry Huber and former Portland city manager John Menario, making McKernan the first Republican to win The Blaine House since 1962. Tierney, the sitting state Attorney General, won a crowded Democratic primary over state senators Severin Beliveau and William Diamond, as well as David Redmond, the chief of staff of incumbent governor Joseph Brennan. McKernan faced only conservative activist Porter Leighton in the GOP primary, and dispatched him with relative ease. The three main issues during the campaign were: the future of the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Wiscasset, economic development and McKernan's congressional record.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ftVKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mfMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1393,4317022&dq=maine+1986+governor+election+menario&hl=en Three issues have hung in there all the way Mothes J. Barry October 31, 1986 Sun Journal A8 29 March 2013 As Brennan was term-limited and ineligible to seek office, this is the only Maine gubernatorial election between 1974 and 1994 in which he was not a candidate; he was an unsuccessful Democratic primary candidate in 1974, and would be the unsuccessful Democratic nominee in 1990 and 1994. Maine Yankee The future of the Maine Yankee nuclear power plant had been placed up for statewide referendum in 1980 and again in 1982. McKernan and Menario opposed the closure of Maine Yankee, while Tierney and Huber supported the efforts to close the plant in 1988. Democratic primary Candidates Severin Beliveau, of Augusta, member of the Maine Senate William Diamond, of Windham, member of the Maine Senate David Redmond, of Portland, Chief of Staff to Governor Joseph E. Brennan Joseph Ricci, of Falmouth, founder of the Élan School James Tierney, of Lisbon, Attorney General of Maine Results Democratic primary resultshttps://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/Elections/Returns/1986/19860610/elec_19860610a.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220810230434/https://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/Elections/Returns/1986/19860610/elec_19860610a.pdf 2022-08-10 Maine Primary Election Results - June 10, 1986 Governor - Democratic Maine.gov James Tierney Democratic Party (United States) 44,087 37.23 Severin Beliveau Democratic Party (United States) 27,991 23.64 William Diamond Democratic Party (United States) 24,693 20.85 David Redmond Democratic Party (United States) 17,598 14.86 Joseph Ricci Democratic Party (United States) 4,039 3.41 118,408 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Porter D. Leighton, of Harrison, conservative activist John McKernan Jr., of Cumberland, U.S. Representative for Maine's 1st congressional district Results Republican primary resultshttps://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/Elections/Returns/1986/19860610/elec_19860610b.pdf Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, Elections Division 2024-11-23 2022-08-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20220811002829/https://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/Elections/Returns/1986/19860610/elec_19860610b.pdf live John McKernan Republican Party (United States) 79,393 68.37 Porter Leighton Republican Party (United States) 24,631 31.61 Others Republican Party (United States) 31 0.02 116,129 100.00 General election Candidates John McKernan Jr., former U.S. Representative from the 1st congressional district (Republican) James Tierney, incumbent Attorney General of Maine (Democratic) Sherry Huber, former state representative from Falmouth and Republican candidate for governor in 1982 (Independent) John Menario, banker and city administrator (Independent) Results Despite receiving less than 40% of the vote, McKernan outpaced his nearest rival Tierney by nearly ten percentage points. McKernan would also carry 15 of the 16 counties in the state, with Tierney carrying traditionally Democratic Androscoggin County. Menario and Huber would carry only a handful of municipalities each: Menario would win Hammond by a margin of eight votes to seven for McKernan, six for Tierney, and two for Huber, while Huber would win Glenwood Plantation by a margin of three votes to one for McKernan and none for both Tierney and Menario, and Brighton Plantation by a margin of 12 votes to 11 for Tierney, four for Menario, and two for McKernan. Additionally, the municipalities of Codyville, Drew, Kingsbury Plantation, and Vanceboro, finished as exact ties for McKernan and Tierney, while Beddington and The Forks finished as exact ties for McKernan and Huber.1986 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 2009-05-06 registration Republican Party (United States) John R. McKernan Jr. 170,312 39.90% - Democratic Party (United States) James Tierney 128,744 30.16% - Independent Sherry Huber 64,317 15.07% - Independent John Menario 63,474 14.87% - 41,568 9.74% 427,120 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Aroostook (largest city: Presque Isle) Cumberland (largest city: Portland) Franklin (largest town: Farmington) Hancock (largest municipality: Ellsworth) Kennebec (largest city: Augusta) Knox (largest municipality: Rockland) Oxford (largest town: Rumford) Lincoln (largest city: Waldoboro) Penobscot (largest city: Bangor) Piscataquis (largest municipality: Dover-Foxcroft) Sagadahoc (largest town: Bath) Somerset (largest town: Skowhegan) Waldo (largest city: Belfast) Washington (largest city: Calais) York (largest town: Biddeford) References expanded 1986 Maine Gubernatorial