Olympia J. Snowe
★ U.S. Senator
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Current age
- 79
- Home state
- Maine
- Party
- Republican
- On the ballot
- 1978–2006
11-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Snowe2.3M
Opponents1.2M
11
Elections run
Between 1978 and 2006, Olympia J. Snowe ran in 11 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and U.S. Senate), winning all 11. Snowe's biggest single-election total was 437,689 votes, in the 2000 U.S. Senate election in Maine. Snowe's closest win came in the 1990 U.S. House election in Maine's District 2, decided by 4,906 votes.
Browse every U.S. Senate election in Maine, every U.S. House race in Maine's District 2, or all 2006 U.S. Senate races.
How many votes has Olympia J. Snowe received?
Olympia J. Snowe has received 2,344,837 popular votes across 11 U.S. elections, with a career record of 11–0.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | U.S. SenateMaine | Won | 405,59674.4% | Jean M. Hay Bright William H. Slavick |
| 2000 | U.S. SenateMaine | Won | 437,68968.94% | Mark W. Lawrence |
| 1994 | U.S. SenateMaine | Won | 308,24460.24% | Thomas H. Andrews Plato Truman |
| 1992 | U.S. HouseMaine | Won | 153,02249.13% | Patrick K. McGowan (head-to-head) Jonathan Carter |
| 1990 | U.S. HouseMaine | Won | 121,70451.02% | Patrick K. McGowan (head-to-head) |
| 1988 | U.S. HouseMaine | Won | 167,22666.17% | Kenneth P. Hayes |
| 1986 | U.S. HouseMaine | Won | 148,77077.32% | Richard R. Charette |
| 1984 | U.S. HouseMaine | Won | 192,16675.72% | Chipman C. Bull Kenneth E. Stoddard |
| 1982 | U.S. HouseMaine | Won | 136,07566.65% | James Patrick Dunleavy |
| 1980 | U.S. HouseMaine | Won | 186,40678.5% | Harold L. Silverman |
| 1978 | U.S. HouseMaine | Won | 87,93950.82% | Markham L. Gartley Frederick W. Wittaker Eddie Shurtleff Robert H. Burmeister Margaret E. Cousins Robert L. Cousins |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (S000663) and Wikidata (Q22290). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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