131,849 55,781 Start date September 11, 1944 | 70.27% 29.73% | |
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Winner Horace Hildreth | ||
The 1944 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 11, 1944. Incumbent Republican Governor Sumner Sewall, was term limited and could not seek re-election. Republican Maine Senate President Horace A. Hildreth faced off against Democrat Paul J. Jullien, and defeated him in one of the most lopsided elections in Maine history.
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Maine gubernatorial election, 1944 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA