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The 1970 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 3 1970. Incumbent Democratic Governor of Maine Kenneth M. Curtis chose to seek re-election. Curtis won a landslide victory in the Democratic primary. His general election opponent was Republican Party James Erwin a lawyer Maine Senator and second lieutenant for the United States Army during World War II. Erwin had also easily won his respective party primary and received the Republican nomination for governor.
