1948 Maine gubernatorial election

1948 Maine gubernatorial election
September 13, 1948
 
Nominee Frederick G. Payne Louis B. Lausier
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 145,956 76,544
Percentage 65.60% 34.40%
County results
Payne:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Lausier:      50–60%
Governor before election

Horace A. Hildreth
Republican

 Elected Governor

Frederick G. Payne
Republican

The 1948 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 13, 1948. Incumbent Republican Governor Horace A. Hildreth, was term limited and seeking election to the United States Senate (eventually losing the Republican primary to Margaret Chase Smith), thus did not run. Republican Frederick G. Payne, the former mayor of Augusta, faced off against Democratic challenger Louis B. Lausier, the mayor of Biddeford. Payne defeated Lausier in a landslide. Neil S. Bishop unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination

Payne dispatched four other Republicans in the GOP primary, including Bishop; his closest opponent was Maine Senate President George D. Varney. Lausier defeated former state senator Leland Currier in the Democratic primary.

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