1966 United States Senate election in Maine
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The 1966 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator
Margaret Chase Smith Margaret Madeline Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the firs ...
was re-elected to a fourth term over Democratic State Senator Elmer H. Violette.


Republican primary


Candidates

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Margaret Chase Smith Margaret Madeline Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the firs ...
, U.S. Senator since 1949


Results

Senator Smith was unopposed for renomination


Democratic primary


Candidates

*Jack L. Smith *Plato Truman, perennial candidate * Elmer H. Violette, State Senator from
Van Buren Martin Van Buren ( ; nl, Maarten van Buren; ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party, he ...


Results


General election


Results


See also

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1966 United States Senate elections The 1966 United States Senate elections were elections on November 8, 1966 for the United States Senate which occurred midway through the second (and only full) term of President Lyndon B. Johnson. The 33 seats of Class 2 were contested in regul ...


References

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