Election Name: | 1936 Maine gubernatorial election |
Country: | Maine |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1934 Maine gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1934 |
Next Election: | 1938 Maine gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1938 |
Election Date: | September 14, 1936 |
Nominee1: | Lewis O. Barrows |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 173,716 |
Percentage1: | 56.03% |
Nominee2: | F. Harold Dubord |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 130,466 |
Percentage2: | 42.07% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Louis J. Brann |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Lewis O. Barrows |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1936 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 14, 1936. Incumbent Democratic Governor Louis J. Brann did not seek re-election. Republican Lewis O. Barrows defeated Democratic Party candidate F. Harold Dubord and Republican state legislator and Baptist minister Benjamin Bubar Sr., whose son Ben Bubar was later elected to the state legislature at 21 and later twice served as the Prohibition Party's presidential candidate.[1]
Barrows' victory was the start of a streak of nine consecutive Republican gubernatorial election victories.