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.
1994, united, states, senate, election, maine, held, november, 1994, incumbent, democratic, senator, senate, majority, leader, george, mitchell, decided, retire, instead, seeking, third, term, congressman, andrews, democratic, primary, unopposed, while, congre. 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 term Congressman Tom Andrews won the Democratic primary unopposed while Congresswoman Olympia Snowe won the Republican primary unopposed 1994 United States Senate election in Maine 1988 November 8 1994 2000 Nominee Olympia Snowe Tom AndrewsParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 308 244 186 042Percentage 60 24 36 36 County resultsSnowe 50 60 60 70 70 80 U S senator before electionGeorge J MitchellDemocratic Elected U S Senator Olympia SnoweRepublicanIn 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 Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Polling 3 2 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Tom Andrews U S RepresentativeResults edit Democratic primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tom Andrews 82 339 99 83Democratic Write ins 140 0 17Total votes 82 479 100 00Republican primary editCandidates edit Olympia Snowe U S Representative and First Lady of MaineResults edit Republican primary results 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican Olympia Snowe 79 953 99 88Republican Write ins 93 0 12Total votes 80 046 100 00General election editPolling edit Source Date Snowe R Andrews D Portland Press Herald October 30 1994 50 31 Portland Press Herald October 31 1994 53 29 Results edit United States Senate election in Maine 1994 3 Party Candidate Votes Republican Olympia Snowe 308 244 60 24 41 53 Democratic Tom Andrews 186 042 36 36 44 94 Independent Plato Truman 17 205 3 36 Write ins 242 0 05 Majority 122 202 23 88 38 70 Turnout 511 733Republican gain from Democratic SwingSee also edit1994 United States Senate electionsReferences edit Primary Election Tabulations June 14 1994 U S Senate Democratic Maine Department of the Secretary of State Archived from the original on November 1 2012 Primary Election Tabulations June 14 1994 U S Senate Republican Maine Department of the Secretary of State Archived from the original on October 30 2008 Clerk of the U S House of Representatives Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8 1994 PDF U S Government Printing Office p 15 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1994 United States Senate election in Maine amp oldid 1175868706, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
