Maine 2018 Election Results — MultiState Elections

Ballot Measures, June 12, 2018

Maine voters decided 1 statewide ballot measure on June 12, 2018.

Ballot measures

Measure	Description	Result
Question 1	Repeals ranked-choice voting for primaries and congressional elections by overturning a bill to delay and potentially repeal it	Passed (53.88% yes)

General Election, November 6, 2018

Maine held its general election on November 6, 2018, deciding 186 legislative seats and the office of Governor. Control shifted: the Senate moved from a 18-17 Republican majority to a 21-14 Democratic majority.

Highlights

By taking the governor's office along with the Senate, Democrats won control of both branches of Maine government for the first time since 2010, ending Republican Gov. Paul LePage's eight years in office.
Attorney General Janet Mills (D) beat businessman Shawn Moody (R) by about 8 points, with state Treasurer Terry Hayes (I) far behind, to become the first woman elected governor of Maine. Moody had LePage's backing; Mills vowed to change the tone after LePage's combative tenure. Maine Public tied her win to a national surge of progressive disenchantment with President Trump and energized women voters.
Democrats flipped four Republican-held Senate seats, two of them narrowly. Linda F. Sanborn (D) unseated Sen. Amy F. Volk (R) in District 30 by fewer than 200 votes, and Ned Claxton (D) took the open District 20 by about 235. Louis Luchini (D) (District 7) and Erin Herbig (D) (District 11) won open Republican seats easily.
In the legislature, 10 incumbents lost, and most seats that changed hands went from Republicans to Democrats. Independents also picked up several Republican-held House seats. Republicans' only pickups were House District 115, where Josanne C. Dolloff (R) unseated Rep. John Madigan (D), and the open District 121, won by Gary Drinkwater (R). The closest race was in House District 82, where Rep. Kent Ackley (I) held off former Rep. Randall Greenwood (R) by 16 votes. Sen. Scott Cyrway (R) held Senate District 16 by about 120. Lawmakers then chose Sen. Troy Jackson (D) as Senate president and re-elected House Speaker Sara Gideon (D), who now leads a larger majority.
Voters rejected Question 1, a 3.8 percent payroll and non-wage income tax to fund a home care program, and approved all four bond issues: wastewater ($30 million), transportation ($106 million), the University of Maine System ($49 million), and community colleges ($15 million). In June, voters had approved a people's veto of the Legislature's law delaying ranked-choice voting, keeping the system the state first used that month. In November it applied to federal races but not to the governor's race, because of state constitutional concerns.

Legislature

House (151 seats): 73 D, 70 R, 8 other or vacant before the election, 90 D, 57 R, 4 other or vacant after; control stayed with Democrats.
Senate (35 seats): 17 D, 18 R before the election, 21 D, 14 R after; control moved from Republicans to Democrats.

Statewide races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
Governor	Janet Mills (D) 50.89%	Shawn Moody (R) 43.18%, Terry Hayes (I) 5.91%	Flipped R to D

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
House 1	Deane Rykerson (D) 70.1%	Andrew Howard (G) 29.9%
House 2	Michele Meyer (D) 62.2%	Dan Ammons (R) 37.8%
House 3	Lydia Blume (D) 60.2%	Allyson Cavaretta (R) 39.8%
House 4	Patricia Hymanson (D) 58.5%	Bradley Moulton (R) 41.5%
House 5	Beth O'Connor (R) 51.4%	Charles Galemmo (D) 35.9%, Noah Cobb (I) 12.75%
House 6	Tiffany Roberts (D) 57%	Manley Gove (R) 41.9%
House 7	Daniel Hobbs (D) 52.65%	John Howarth (R) 47.35%	Flipped R to D
House 8	Christopher Babbidge (D) 65.1%	Bradley Ducharme (R) 34.9%
House 9	Diane Denk (D) 59%	Roger Seavey (R) 41%	Flipped R to D
House 10	Henry Ingwersen (D) 51.7%	James W. Booth (R) 48.3%	Flipped R to D
House 11	Ryan Fecteau (D) 62%	Emily Rousseau (R) 38%
House 12	Victoria Foley (D) 100%	Unopposed	Flipped I to D
House 13	Lori Gramlich (D) 59.5%	Sharri MacDonald (R) 40.5%
House 14	Donna Bailey (D) 57.1%	Stephen DuPuis (R) 28.1%, Frederick Samp (Other) 14.8%
House 15	Margaret O'Neil (D) 62.9%	Joseph Lynch (R) 37.1%
House 16	Donald Marean (R) 56.2%	David Durrell (D) 43.8%
House 17	Dwayne Prescott (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 18	Anne-Marie Mastraccio (D) 58.3%	Pamela Buck (R) 41.7%
House 19	Matt Harrington (R) 56%	Jeremy Mele (D) 44%
House 20	Theodore Kryzak (R) 57.4%	Daniel J. Lauzon (D) 42.6%
House 21	Heidi Sampson (R) 52.6%	Kelcy McNamara (D) 38.95%, Justin Reinhardt (G) 8.45%
House 22	Mark Blier (R) 53.4%	Richard Fitzgerald (D) 46.6%
House 23	Lester Ordway (R) 54.5%	Tim Goodwin (D) 45.5%
House 24	Mark E. Bryant (D) 54.4%	Thomas M. Tyler (R) 45.6%
House 25	Patrick Corey (R) 56.15%	Jennie Butler (D) 43.85%
House 26	Maureen Terry (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 27	Andrew McLean (D) 59.6%	Roger Densmore (R) 40.4%
House 28	Christopher James Caiazzo (D) 53%	Linwood Higgins (R) 47%	Flipped R to D
House 29	Shawn Babine (D) 53.6%	Karen Vachon (R) 46.4%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 30	Anne Carney (D) 75.15%	Charles Rich (R) 24.9%
House 31	Lois Reckitt (D) 79.1%	Kenneth Decatur (R) 20.9%
House 32	Christopher Kessler (D) 70.9%	Tammy Walter (R) 29.1%
House 33	Victoria Morales (D) 74.5%	Christopher Hoy (R) 25.5%	Flipped I to D
House 34	Drew Gattine (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 35	Ann Peoples (D) 62.45%	James Bourque (R) 37.55%
House 36	Michael Brennan (D) 77.6%	Samuel Ledue (R) 22.4%	Flipped I to D
House 37	Richard Farnsworth (D) 69.57%	Benjamin Pollard (I) 9.15%, Jane Frey (R) 0%
House 38	Matt Moonen (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 39	Michael Sylvester (D) 86.6%	Peter Doyle (R) 13.4%
House 40	Rachel Talbot Ross (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 41	Erik Clark Jorgensen (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 42	Benjamin Collings (D) 77.7%	Susan M. Abercrombie (R) 22.3%
House 43	Ed Crockett (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 44	Teresa Pierce (D) 59.4%	Sarah Sandlin (R) 35.7%, Kathryn Schrock (G) 4.9%
House 45	Dale Denno (D) 65%	Tammyette Thomas (R) 35%
House 46	Braden K. Sharpe (D) 50.76%	Paul Chace (R) 49.24%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 47	Janice Cooper (D) 53.13%	Dennis Welsh (R) 46.87%
House 48	Sara Gideon (D) 73.5%	Paul Benjamin Schulz (R) 26.5%
House 49	Mattie Daughtry (D) 70.9%	Michael R. Stevens (R) 29.1%
House 50	Ralph Tucker (D) 75.8%	Michael J. Lawler (R) 24.2%
House 51	Joyce McCreight (D) 60.8%	Sean Hall (R) 39.2%
House 52	Jennifer DeChant (D) 71.6%	Bil Weidner (R) 28.4%
House 53	Allison Hepler (D) 51.2%	Jeffrey Pierce (R) 48.8%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 54	Denise Tepler (D) 63.7%	Leon Brillant (R) 36.3%
House 55	Seth Berry (D) 56.35%	Guy Lebida (R) 43.65%
House 56	Rick Mason (R) 60.6%	Martha Poliquin (D) 39.4%
House 57	Thomas Henry Jr. Martin (R) 62.9%	Eryn Gilchrist (D) 37.1%
House 58	James Handy (D) 50.5%	Denise Hurilla (R) 49.5%
House 59	Margaret Craven (D) 58.2%	John Reeder (R) 41.8%
House 60	Kristen Cloutier (D) 75.9%	Leslie Dubois (R) 24.1%
House 61	Heidi Brooks (D) 52.37%	Michael Lachance (R) 38.98%, Luke Jensen (R) 5.86%
House 62	Gina Melaragno (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 63	Bruce Bickford (R) 59.3%	Brian Carrier (D) 40.7%
House 64	Bettyann W. Sheats (D) 56.9%	Michael Travers (R) 43.1%
House 65	Amy Arata (R) 54.26%	Misty Coolidge (D) 45.74%
House 66	Jessica Fay (D) 55.8%	Gregory Foster (R) 44.2%
House 67	Susan Austin (R) 53.1%	Anne Gass (D) 46.9%
House 68	Richard Cebra (R) 52.7%	Janice Barter (D) 47.3%
House 69	Walter Riseman (I) 55%	Tony Lorrain (R) 45%	Flipped R to I
House 70	Nate Wadsworth (R) 53.9%	Warren Richardson (D) 46.1%
House 71	Sawin Millett Jr. (R) 55.2%	Doretta Colburn (D) 44.8%
House 72	Kathleen Jackson Dillingham (R) 58%	Raymond Cote (D) 24.7%, Dennis O'Connor (Other) 17.2%
House 73	John Andrews (R) 58.4%	Robert Faunce (D) 41.6%
House 74	Chris Riley (D) 60%	Robert Staples (R) 40%
House 75	Josh Morris (R) 52.9%	John Nutting (D) 47.1%
House 76	Dennis Keschl (R) 52.4%	Carol Carothers (D) 47.6%
House 77	Michael D. Perkins (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 78	Catherine Nadeau (D) 55.6%	Benjamin Twitchell (R) 44.4%
House 79	Timothy Theriault (R) 60.9%	Dawn Castner (D) 29.3%, Lindsey Harwath (D) 9.8%
House 80	Dick Bradstreet (R) 56.6%	Stephen Ball (D) 43.4%
House 81	Craig Hickman (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 82	Kent Ackley (I) 50.19%	Randall Greenwood (R) 49.81%
House 83	Thomas Harnett (D) 54.4%	Denis Coutts (R) 45.6%
House 84	Charlotte Warren (D) 51.1%	Earle McCormick (R) 48.9%
House 85	Donna Doore (D) 62.5%	James Glusker (R) 37.5%
House 86	Justin Fecteau (R) 51.1%	Jennifer Day (D) 48.9%
House 87	Jeffery Hanley (R) 53.39%	Jason G. Putnam (D) 46.61%
House 88	Chloe Maxmin (D) 52.5%	Michael Lemelin (R) 47.5%	Flipped R to D
House 89	Holly Stover (D) 51.6%	Stephanie Hawke (R) 48.4%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 90	Michael Devin (D) 65.35%	Richard Van Knowe (R) 34.6%
House 91	Jeffrey Evangelos (I) 51.6%	Abden Simmons (R) 48.4%	Flipped R to I; Incumbent defeated
House 92	Ann Matlack (D) 54.9%	Justin Thompson (R) 45.1%
House 93	Anne Beebe-Center (D) 62%	Maynard Stanley (R) 38%
House 94	Vicki Doudera (D) 52.8%	Owen D. Casas (I) 47.2%	Flipped I to D; Incumbent defeated
House 95	Bill Pluecker (I) 54.4%	Paula G. Sutton (R) 45.6%	Flipped R to I; Incumbent defeated
House 96	Stanley Zeigler (D) 55.3%	Robert Currier (R) 44.7%
House 97	Janice Dodge (D) 72.7%	Bevelyn Beatty (R) 27.3%
House 98	Scott Cuddy (D) 54.8%	Brian Kresge (R) 45.2%	Flipped R to D
House 99	MaryAnne Kinney (R) 51.9%	April Turner (D) 48.1%
House 100	Danny Costain (R) 67.5%	Frederick H. Austin (D) 32.5%
House 101	David Haggan (R) 58.1%	James E. Davitt (D) 35.7%, Robin Downs (G) 6.2%
House 102	Abigail Griffin (R) 65.8%	Kimberly Hammill (D) 34.2%
House 103	Roger Reed (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 104	Steven Foster (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 105	Joel Stetkis (R) 65.8%	John Clark III (D) 34.2%
House 106	Scott Strom (R) 52%	Stanley Short (D) 48%
House 107	Betty Austin (D) 54.3%	Anne Amadon (R) 45.7%
House 108	Shelley Rudnicki (R) 58.2%	Aaron Rowden (D) 41.8%
House 109	Bruce White (D) 67.8%	Karen Rancourt-Thomas (R) 32.2%
House 110	Colleen Madigan (D) 61.2%	Mark Andre (R) 38.8%
House 111	Philip Curtis (R) 57.2%	Katherine Jordan Wilder (D) 42.8%
House 112	Thomas Skolfield (R) 65.3%	Cynthia Soma-Hernandez (D) 34.7%
House 113	H. Scott Landry Jr. (D) 58.5%	Paul R. Brown (R) 41.5%	Flipped R to D
House 114	Randy Hall (R) 54.2%	Cherieann Harrison (D) 35.7%, Maitland Lord (Other) 10.1%
House 115	Josanne C. Dolloff (R) 53.3%	John Madigan (D) 46.7%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 116	Richard Pickett (R) 63.9%	Benjamin McCollister (D) 36.1%
House 117	Frances Head (R) 50.8%	Stephanie LeBlanc (D) 49.2%
House 118	Chad Grignon (R) 64.2%	John Thiele (D) 35.8%
House 119	Paul Stearns (R) 58.8%	Tyler Jay Adkins (D) 37.95%, Jaco Deertrack (G) 3.2%
House 120	Norman Higgins (I) 54.55%	Richard A. Evans (D) 45.45%
House 121	Gary Drinkwater (R) 61.1%	Terri Casavant (D) 34.5%, Bonnie Young (Other) 4.4%	Flipped D to R
House 122	Michelle Dunphy (D) 69.8%	Delaina Toothman (R) 30.2%
House 123	Ryan Tipping (D) 76.3%	Derek Jones (R) 23.7%
House 124	Aaron Frey (D) 63.3%	Daniel Lapointe (R) 36.7%
House 125	Victoria Kornfield (D) 58.9%	Gary E. Capehart (R) 35.3%, Cody Blackburn (L) 5.8%
House 126	John Schneck (D) 56.7%	Joshua Hiatt (R) 43.3%
House 127	Barbara A. Cardone (D) 63.97%	Carrie Mae Smith (I) 36.03%
House 128	Arthur Verow (D) 52.2%	Garrel Craig (R) 47.8%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 129	Peter Lyford (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 130	Dick Campbell (R) 59.9%	Michele Reynolds (D) 40.1%
House 131	Sherman Hutchins (R) 53.2%	Nathalie Arruda (D) 46.8%
House 132	Nicole Grohoski (D) 54.3%	Mark Remick (R) 45.7%
House 133	Sarah Pebworth (D) 63.3%	Nancy Colwell (R) 36.7%	Flipped G to D
House 134	Genevieve McDonald (D) 66.8%	Philip Brady (R) 33.2%
House 135	Brian Hubbell (D) 75.1%	Maurice Joseph Marshall (R) 24.9%
House 136	Billy Bob Faulkingham (R) 57.5%	Kylie Bragdon (D) 42.5%
House 137	Lawrence Lockman (R) 58.7%	Douglas Bunker (D) 41.3%
House 138	Robert Alley (D) 55.9%	Kim Robinson (R) 44.1%
House 139	Will Tuell (R) 71.1%	Lisa Hanscom (D) 28.9%
House 140	Anne Perry (D) 60.2%	Arthur Carter (R) 39.8%
House 141	Kathy Javner (R) 73.6%	Donald Green (D) 26.4%
House 142	Sheldon Mark Hanington (R) 63.2%	Patricia Nobel (D) 36.8%
House 143	Stephen Stanley (D) 59%	Galen Hale (R) 41%
House 144	Gregg Swallow (R) 54.5%	Ted Sussman (D) 45.5%
House 145	Chris Johansen (R) 66.5%	Laura A. Farnsworth (D) 33.5%
House 146	Dustin White (R) 65.2%	Sarah LeClaire (D) 34.8%
House 147	Harold Stewart (R) 58%	Robert J. Saucier (D) 42%
House 148	David McCrea (D) 66.4%	Katherine Schupbach (R) 33.6%
House 149	John DeVeau (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 150	Roland Martin (D) 60.65%	Aaron Cyr (R) 39.35%
House 151	John Martin (D) 59.6%	Kevin Bushey (R) 40.4%
Senate 1	Troy Dale Jackson (D) 60.7%	Michael Nadeau (R) 39.3%
Senate 2	Michael Carpenter (D) 50.7%	Karen Ann Reynolds (R) 49.3%
Senate 3	Brad Farrin (R) 60.4%	Jeff Johnson (D) 39.6%
Senate 4	Paul T. Davis (R) 65.9%	Susan Mackey Andrews (D) 34.1%
Senate 5	Jim Dill (D) 55.7%	Debbi J. Perkins (R) 37.1%, Maia Dendinger (Other) 7.1%
Senate 6	Marianne Moore (R) 61.3%	Christina Therrien (D) 38.7%
Senate 7	Louis Luchini (D) 64.1%	Richard S. Malaby (R) 35.9%	Flipped R to D
Senate 8	Kimberley Rosen (R) 58.5%	Beverly Uhlenhake (D) 41.5%
Senate 9	Geoffrey Gratwick (D) 60.6%	James LaBrecque (R) 39.4%
Senate 10	Stacey Guerin (R) 66.2%	William Lippincott (D) 33.8%
Senate 11	Erin Herbig (D) 58.99%	Jayne Crosby Giles (R) 40.98%, Joseph Greenier (D) 0.04%	Flipped R to D
Senate 12	David Miramant (D) 63.4%	Wendy Pelletier (R) 36.6%
Senate 13	Dana Dow (R) 51%	Laura Fortman (D) 49%
Senate 14	Shenna Bellows (D) 57.9%	Matt Stone (R) 42.1%
Senate 15	Matthew Pouliot (R) 56.9%	Kellie Julia (D) 43.1%
Senate 16	Scott Cyrway (R) 50.4%	Karen Kusiak (D) 49.6%
Senate 17	Russell Black (R) 54.5%	Jan Collins (D) 45.5%
Senate 18	Lisa Keim (R) 65.4%	James Wilfong (D) 34.55%
Senate 19	James Hamper (R) 58.15%	Michael McKinney (D) 41.85%
Senate 20	Ned Claxton (D) 50.7%	Eleanor Espling (R) 49.3%	Flipped R to D
Senate 21	Nathan Libby (D) 60.4%	Nelson Peters Jr. (R) 39.6%
Senate 22	Jeff Timberlake (R) 62.7%	Lois Kilby-Chesley (D) 37.3%
Senate 23	Eloise Vitelli (D) 57.7%	Richard Donaldson (R) 42.3%
Senate 24	Everett Brownie Carson (D) 67.8%	Diamond Garcia (R) 32.2%
Senate 25	Catherine Breen (D) 61.9%	Cathleen Nichols (R) 38.1%
Senate 26	William Diamond (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 27	Benjamin Chipman (D) 74.9%	Crystal Canney (R) 25.1%
Senate 28	Heather Sanborn (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 29	Rebecca Millett (D) 74.3%	George Van Syckel (R) 25.7%
Senate 30	Linda F. Sanborn (D) 50.4%	Amy F. Volk (R) 49.6%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 31	Justin Chenette (D) 66.5%	Stavros J. Mendros (R) 33.5%
Senate 32	Susan Deschambault (D) 62.6%	Scott Normandeau (R) 37.4%
Senate 33	David Woodsome (R) 58.9%	John Tuttle, Jr. (D) 41.1%
Senate 34	Bob Foley (R) 51.7%	Tommy Wright (D) 48.3%
Senate 35	Mark Lawrence (D) 62.5%	Michael Estes (R) 37.5%

Ballot measures

Measure	Description	Result
Question 1	Creates a 3.8 percent payroll tax and non-wage income tax to fund a home care program	Failed (37.14% yes)
Question 2	Issues $30 million in bonds for wastewater infrastructure	Passed (54.62% yes)
Question 3	$106 million in bonds for transportation infrastructure	Passed (67.71% yes)
Question 4	$49 million in bonds for the University of Maine System	Passed (54.16% yes)
Question 5	$15 million in bonds for the state's seven community colleges	Passed (64.89% yes)

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