Maine gubernatorial election, 1966

Maine gubernatorial election, 1966

← 1962 November 8, 1966 1970 →
Nominee Kenneth M. Curtis John H. Reed Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 172,036 151,802 Percentage 53.12% 46.88%
County results   Counties won by Curtis   Counties won by Reed
Governor before election John H. Reed Republican Elected Governor Kenneth M. Curtis Democratic

John H. Reed
Republican

Kenneth M. Curtis
Democratic

The 1966 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 1, 1966. Incumbent Republican Governor John Reed, had been elected to finish the term of Clinton Clauson in 1960, was then re-elected in 1962 and became the state's first four-year Governor. Reed was seeking a second full four-year term, and was challenged by Democrat Kenneth M. Curtis. Curtis defeated Reed, beginning a twenty-year period of Republican isolation from the Blaine House.