Offices pursued–successfully and unsuccessfully–by Edmund Muskie, the 58th United States Secretary of State, United States Senator from Maine, 64th Governor of Maine, and Member of the Maine House of Representatives from the 110th district.
1954 Maine Governor
1956 Maine Governor
1958 United States Senate Edmund Muskie 60.8% Frederick G. Payne (inc.) 39.2%
1964 United States Senate Edmund Muskie (D) (inc.) 66% Clifford G. McIntire (R) 33%
1968 United States Vice President Spiro Agnew (R) 301, 43.42% Edmund Muskie (D) 191, 42.72% Curtis LeMay (American Independent Party) 46, 13.53%
1970 United States Senate Edmund Muskie (D) (inc.) 61.9% Neil S. Bishop (R) 38.3%
1972 United States President
Democratic convention: Presidential votes George McGovern 1864.95 delegates Henry M. Jackson 525 George Wallace 381.7 Shirley Chisholm 151.95 Terry Sanford 77.5 Hubert Humphrey 66.7 Wilbur Mills 33.8 Edmund Muskie 24.3 Edward M. Kennedy 12.7 Sam Yorty 10 Wayne Hays 5 John Lindsay 5 Fred Harris 2 Eugene McCarthy 2 Walter Mondale 2 Ramsey Clark, Walter Fauntroy, Vance Hartke, Harold Hughes and Patsy Mink 1 each
Democratic convention: Vice Presidential votes Thomas F. Eagleton 1741.81 Frances Farenthold 404.04 Mike Gravel 225.38 Endicott Peabody 107.26 Claiborne W. Smothers 74 Birch Bayh 62 Peter Rodino 56.5 Jimmy Carter 30 Shirley Chisholm 20 Moon Landrieu 18.5 Edward T. Breathitt 18 Edward M. Kennedy 15 Fred Harris 14 Richard G. Hatcher 11 Harold E. Hughes 10 Joseph M. Montoya 9 William L. Guy 8 Adlai E. Stevenson III 8 Three others: 5 votes each Five others: 4 votes each Five others: 3 votes each Edmund Muskie 2 votes Eight others: 2 votes each Thirty-seven others: 1 vote each Four others: shared 88.49 votes
1976 United States Senate Edmund Muskie (D) (inc.) 60.8% Robert A. G. Monks (R) 38.2%
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