1932 Maine gubernatorial election

The 1932 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 12, 1932. Incumbent [Maine Maine Republican Party|Republican Party|Republican] Governor William Tudor Gardiner did not seek re-election. Democratic candidate Louis J. Brann defeated Republican candidate Burleigh Martin. Brann was the first Democrat elected Governor of Maine since Oakley C. Curtis in 1914, and the first Democrat to receive a majority of the popular vote since John Hubbard in 1850. This election ended a streak of eight consecutive Republican gubernatorial victories in Maine.