1958 United States Senate election in Maine

1958 United States Senate election in Maine
September 8, 1958
 
Nominee Edmund Muskie Frederick G. Payne
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 172,704 111,522
Percentage 60.76% 39.24%
County results
Muskie:      50–60%      60–70%
Payne:      50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Frederick G. Payne
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Edmund Muskie
Democratic

The 1958 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 8, 1958, to elect a United States senator. Incumbent Republican Senator Frederick G. Payne lost re-election to a second term, losing by a wide margin to Democrat Edmund Muskie, the popular incumbent Governor of Maine.

This was one of a record 15 seats Democrats gained from the Republican Party in the 1958 United States Senate elections. This was the first time Democrats won a Senate race in Maine since the 1910 election for this seat, thus this was the first time a Democrat was popularly elected to the Senate from Maine.

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