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The1946 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 9, 1946. IncumbentRepublicanGovernorHorace Hildreth, was seeking a second term, and faced off againstDemocrat F. Davis Clark. This election represented the first gubernatorial election in Maine following the end ofthe Second World War, and saw Hildreth easily win re-election.
Since Hildreth failed to carry heavily DemocraticAndroscoggin County and Clark failed to flip any of the fifteen other counties in the state, this was the last Maine gubernatorial election that saw no counties flip from the previous election until the2022 gubernatorial election, which saw no counties flip from the2018 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Horace A. Hildreth (incumbent) | 110,327 | 61.31% | − | |
| Democratic | F. Davis Clark | 69,624 | 38.69% | − | |
| Majority | 40,703 | 22.62% | |||
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