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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1986 Maine gubernatorial election, 1986
| country = Maine
| type = presidential
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| next_year = 1990
| election_date = November 4, 1986
| image_size = x150px
| image1 = [[File:Governor John R. McKernan (Maineofficial Governorportrait (cropped).jpg|x150px]]
| nominee1 = '''[[John R. McKernan Jr.|John McKernan]]'''
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = '''170,312'''
| percentage1 = '''39.909%'''
| image2 = [[File:NoJames imageTierney (attorney).svg|x120px]]png
| nominee2 = [[James Tierney (politicianattorney)|James Tierney]]
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 128,744
| percentage2 = 30.162%
| image4 = [[Image:Replace this image female.svg|100px]]
| nominee4 = [[Sherry Huber]]
| party4 = Independent politician(United States)
| popular_vote4 = 64,317
| percentage4 = 15.071%
| image5 = [[Image:Replace this image male.svg|100px]]
| nominee5 = [[John Menario]]
| party5 = Independent politician(United States)
| popular_vote5 = 6263,102474
| percentage5 = 14.879%
| map_image = 1986MaineGubernatorial1986 Maine Gubernatorial election results map by county.pngsvg
| map_size = 200px300px
| map_caption = County results <br>'''McKernan:''' {{legendlegend0|#3271ffffc8cd|Counties won by Tierney30–40%}} {{legendlegend0|#e50000ffb2b2|Counties won40–50%}}<br>'''Tierney:''' by McKernan{{legend0|#bdd3ff|30–40%}}
| title = Governor
| before_election = [[Joseph E. Brennan|Joseph Brennan]]
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| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
}}
The '''1986 Maine gubernatorial election''' took place on November 4, 1986. Incumbent [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[Governor of Maine|Governor]] [[Joseph E. Brennan|Joseph Brennan]] was term limited and unableineligible to seek re-election. [[Maine's 1st congressional district|First district]] Congressman [[John R. McKernan, Jr.|John McKernan]] defeated [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] challenger [[James Tierney (politician)|James Tierney]] as well as former Republican turned [[Independent politician|Independent]] [[Sherry Huber]] and former [[Portland, Maine]], city manager [[John Menario]], making McKernan the first Republican to win [[The Blaine House]] since [[1966_Maine_gubernatorial_election1962 Maine gubernatorial election|19661962]]. [[William Diamond]] unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination.
 
The three main issues during the campaign were: the future of the [[Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant]] in [[Wiscasset, Maine|Wiscasset]], economic development and McKernan's congressional record.<ref name="Mothes">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ftVKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mfMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1393,4317022&dq=maine+1986+governor+election+menario&hl=en|title=Three issues have hung in there all the way|last=Mothes|first=J. Barry|date=October 31, 1986|work=[[Sun Journal (Lewiston)|Sun Journal]]|page=A8|accessdateaccess-date=29 March 2013}}</ref>
 
==Maine Yankee==
The future of the Power Plant had been placed up for statewide referendum in 1980 and again in 1982. McKernan and Menario opposed the closure of Maine Yankee, while Tierney and Huber supported the efforts to close the Plant in 1988.<ref name="Mothes"/>
 
==General election==
==Results==▼
===Candidates===
{{Election box begin | title=1986 Gubernatorial Election, Maine<ref>{{cite book |last = ▼
*[[John R. McKernan]] (Republican), former U.S. Representative from the [[Maine's 1st congressional district|1st congressional district]]
|first = ▼
*[[James Tierney (attorney)|James Tierney]] (Democratic), incumbent [[Attorney General of Maine]]
|authorlink =
*[[Sherry Huber]] (Independent), former state representative
|coauthors =
*[[John Menario]] (Independent), banker and city administrator
|title = Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II
 
▲===Results===
▲{{Election box begin | title=1986 Gubernatorial Election, Maine<ref>{{cite book |last title = Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II
|publisher = CQ Press
|date = 2005
|url pages = [https://archive.org/details/guidetouselectio00cqpr/page/1497 1497–1499]▼
|location =
|url = https://archive.org/details/guidetouselectio00cqpr/page/1497
|pages = 1497–1499
▲ |url = https://archive.org/details/guidetouselectio00cqpr
|doi =
|id =
|isbn = 978-1-56802-981-8
|access-date = 2009-05-06
|dead-url = yes
|df =
|url-access = registration
}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| |party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = [[John R. McKernan, Jr.]]
|votes = 170,312
|percentage = 39.90%
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}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician(United States)
|candidate = [[Sherry Huber]]
|votes = 64,317
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}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| |party = Independent politician(United States)
|candidate = [[John Menario]]
|votes = 6263,102474
|percentage = 14.87%
|change = -
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|percentage = 9.74%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
| loser = Democratic Party (United States)
▲ |first swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
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{{reflist}}
 
{{1986 United States elections, 1986}}
{{Maine gubernatorial elections|state=expanded}}
{{US Third Party Election}}
{{United States elections, 1986}}
 
[[Category:Maine gubernatorial elections|1986]]
[[Category:1986 United States gubernatorial elections|Maine]]
[[Category:1986 Maine elections|Gubernatorial]]
 
 
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