Janet T. Mills won with 55.6% of the vote (374,797 votes), ahead of Paul R. Lepage with 42.5% (286,264 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 13.1 percentage points (88,533 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 13.1 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 5.4 points toward Democrats.
673,587 votes were counted in this race, for 3 candidates or options.
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