John R. McKernan, Jr. Republican Angus King Independent The 1994 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1994 to elect the governor of Maine.

Incumbent Republican governor John McKernan was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term.

Independent Angus King won the election.

King defeated Democratic nominee, former governor and congressman Joseph Brennan, Republican nominee Susan Collins, a regional coordinator of the Small Business Administration, and Green nominee Jonathan Carter, an environmentalist activist.

Ed Finks, as a write-in candidate, received in 1.29% of the vote.