1948 Maine gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1948 Maine gubernatorial election Maine presidential no 1946 Maine gubernatorial election 1946 1950 Maine gubernatorial election 1950 September 13, 1948 File:Frederick George Payne.jpg 150x150px Frederick G. Payne Republican Party (United States) 145,956 65.60% File:Louis B. Lausier, Esq., 1915 (cropped).jpg Louis B. Lausier Democratic Party (United States) 76,544 34.40% 1948 Maine gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 280px County resultsPayne: #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% Lausier: #7996e2 50–60% Governor Horace A. Hildreth Republican Party (United States) Frederick G. Payne Republican Party (United States) The 1948 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 13, 1948. Incumbent Republican Governor Horace A. Hildreth, was term limited and seeking election to the United States Senate (eventually losing the Republican primary to Margaret Chase Smith), thus did not run. Republican Frederick G. Payne, the former mayor of Augusta, faced off against Democratic challenger Louis B. Lausier, the mayor of Biddeford. Payne defeated Lausier in a landslide. Neil S. Bishop unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination Payne dispatched four other Republicans in the GOP primary, including Bishop; his closest opponent was Maine Senate President George D. Varney. Lausier defeated former state senator Leland Currier in the Democratic primary. Republican primary Candidates Neil S. Bishop, of Bowdoinham, state senator Roy L. Fernald, of Winterport, former state senator Frederick G. Payne, of Waldoboro, businessman and former mayor of Augusta George D. Varney, of Kittery, President of the Maine Senate, former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Robinson Verrill, of Portland, attorney Results Republican primary resultshttps://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/Elections/Returns/1948/19480621/elec_19480621c.pdf Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, Elections Division 2025-05-15 2022-08-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20220811002829/https://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/Elections/Returns/1986/19860610/elec_19860610b.pdf live Frederick G. Payne Republican Party (United States) 43,554 36.11 George D. Varney Republican Party (United States) 35,882 29.75 Robinson Verrill Republican Party (United States) 14,466 11.98 Roy L. Fernald Republican Party (United States) 14,073 11.67 Neil S. Bishop Republican Party (United States) 12,648 10.49 120,623 100.00 Democratic primary Candidates Leland Currier, of Lewiston, former state senator Louis B. Lausier, of Biddeford, mayor of Biddeford Results Democratic primary resultshttps://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/Elections/Returns/1948/19480621/elec_19480621d.pdf Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, Elections Division 2025-05-15 2022-08-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20220811002829/https://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/Elections/Returns/1986/19860610/elec_19860610b.pdf live Louis B. Lausier Democratic Party (United States) 11,711 57.57 Leland Currier Democratic Party (United States) 8,630 42.43 20,341 100.00 Results 1948 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 registrationMay 2023 Republican Party (United States) Frederick G. Payne 145,956 65.60% - Democratic Party (United States) Louis B. Lausier 76,544 34.40% - 69,412 31.20% Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic York (largest town: Biddeford) Notes expanded 1948 Maine Gubernatorial Maine gubernatorial election