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Maine voters sweep Hoover era from power in stunning shift
In Portland Maine on September 16 a sweeping Maine election delivered a major rebuke to the Hoover administration. Democrats carried two of three congressional seats and aided a governor win, breaking long GOP majorities in the state legislature amid economic distress and tariff backlash. The result marked a historic shift in Maine's political alignment with broad Democratic gains statewide. Continuous voter turnout exceeded 235000, the highest for a presidential year in state history.
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Portland
Maine
Hodger
House of Representatives
Wash
Ington
Treasury
Oggin Mills
Roosevelt
Tall
Wilson
Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Moses
Mills
Dolly Gann
Walsh
Massachusetts
Ely
Owen
Oklahoma
Acadian
Placataqua River
Aroostook
Republican Party
St. John’s
Canada
Ti Armlor
Lous J. Brant
Tors
Yoskst
Democratic Party
Inia
Prohibition
Joseph E. F. Connolly
Carrol L. Beedy
New England
Pennsylvania Avenue
Anacostia
John E. Nelson
Capitol
Ralph O. Brewster
Congress
Beedy
Coolidge
Cumberland Club
Burleigh Martin
Senate