Maine 2020 Election Results — MultiState Elections

Ballot Measures, March 3, 2020

Maine voters decided 1 statewide ballot measure on March 3, 2020.

Ballot measures

Measure	Description	Result
Question 1	Repeals the law eliminating religious and philosophical exemptions from vaccination requirements for students and healthcare employees	Failed (27.19% yes)

Ballot Measures, July 14, 2020

Maine voters decided 2 statewide ballot measures on July 14, 2020.

Ballot measures

Measure	Description	Result
Question 2	Authorizes $105 million in bonds for transportation infrastructure projects	Passed (78.99% yes)
Question 1	Authorizes $15 million in bonds for high-speed internet infrastructure	Passed (75.24% yes)

General Election, November 3, 2020

Maine held its general election on November 3, 2020, deciding 186 legislative seats. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

Democrats kept their trifecta, but the two chambers moved in opposite directions: Democrats widened their Senate majority while Republicans cut into the Democrats' House majority, despite Democratic outside groups outspending Republican ones roughly three to one. Democrats remained short of two-thirds in both chambers, the margin Maine requires to approve new district maps, so the post-census lines would need Republican votes.
In the Senate, first-term Rep. Chloe Maxmin (D) unseated Senate Minority Leader Dana Dow (R) by about 3 points in Senate District 13, and Joe Rafferty (D) picked up the open District 34. Republicans picked up one seat in Aroostook County, where Assistant House Minority Leader Trey Stewart (R) defeated Sen. Mike Carpenter, a former attorney general, in District 2. The net gain left Democrats with what the Bangor Daily News called their largest majority in decades.
Republicans gained House seats mostly by unseating incumbents, while an independent and a Democrat broke through in two three-way contests:
- Jonathan Connor (R) beat Rep. James Handy (D) by fewer than 100 votes in House District 58, a rare Republican win in Lewiston.
- Laurel Libby (R) ousted Rep. Bettyann Sheats (D) in House District 64.
- Randall Greenwood (R) edged Rep. Kent Ackley (I) by about 50 votes in House District 82.
- Sophia Warren (I), a political newcomer, unseated a Democratic incumbent, Rep. Shawn Babine (D), in Scarborough's House District 29.
- Richard Evans (D) won House District 120 over Chad Perkins (R) and Rep. Norman Higgins (I), becoming the first Democrat in decades to represent Dover-Foxcroft and the fifth Black legislator ever elected in Maine.
In all, 16 seats changed party hands, most of them to Republicans, and 11 incumbents lost. Beyond the flips, the closest result was in House District 96, where Rep. Stanley Zeigler (D) kept his seat by about 70 votes over Katrina Smith (R) after the race went to a recount. Another 35 seats had no candidate from one of the two major parties.

Legislature

House (151 seats): 90 D, 57 R, 4 other or vacant before the election, 80 D, 67 R, 4 other or vacant after; control stayed with Democrats.
Senate (35 seats): 21 D, 14 R before the election, 22 D, 13 R after; control stayed with Democrats.

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
House 1	Kristi Mathieson (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 2	Michele Meyer (D) 62.9%	Dan Ammons (R) 37.1%
House 3	Lydia Blume (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 4	Patricia Hymanson (D) 58.1%	John Leifheit II (R) 41.9%
House 5	Beth O'Connor (R) 62.6%	Charles Galemmo (D) 37.4%
House 6	Tiffany Roberts (D) 56%	Burnell W. Bailey (R) 44%
House 7	Timothy Roche (R) 51.4%	Daniel Hobbs (D) 48.6%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 8	Christopher Babbidge (D) 64.6%	Todd V. DiFede (R) 35.4%
House 9	Traci Gere (D) 58.1%	Stedman Seavey (R) 41.9%
House 10	Wayne Parry (R) 52.1%	Henry Ingwersen (D) 47.9%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 11	Ryan Fecteau (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 12	Erin Sheehan (D) 67.9%	Timothy Keenan (R) 32.1%
House 13	Lori Gramlich (D) 55.4%	Sharri MacDonald (R) 44.6%
House 14	Lynn Copeland (D) 63.5%	Theodore Sirois (R) 36.5%
House 15	Margaret O'Neil (D) 58.1%	Marc Chappell (R) 41.9%
House 16	Nathan Carlow (R) 51.8%	David Durrell (D) 48.2%	Flipped I to R
House 17	Dwayne Prescott (R) 60.9%	Chelsea Sanders (D) 39.1%
House 18	John Tuttle, Jr. (D) 53.3%	Pamela Buck (R) 46.7%
House 19	Matt Harrington (R) 57.2%	Patricia Kidder (D) 42.8%
House 20	Theodore Kryzak (R) 62.3%	Daniel J. Lauzon (D) 37.7%
House 21	Heidi Sampson (R) 63.9%	Clifford Krolick (D) 36.1%
House 22	Mark Blier (R) 54.6%	Richard Fitzgerald (D) 28.75%, Michael Barden III (G) 16.6%
House 23	Lester Ordway (R) 57.1%	Tim Goodwin (R) 42.9%
House 24	Mark E. Bryant (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 25	Patrick Corey (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 26	Maureen Terry (D) 57.5%	George Vercelli (R) 42.5%
House 27	Kyle Bailey (D) 58.6%	Roger Densmore (R) 41.4%
House 28	Christopher James Caiazzo (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 29	Sophie Warren (I) 37.97%	Shawn Babine (D) 34.56%, Annalee Rosenblatt (R) 27.46%	Flipped D to I; Incumbent defeated
House 30	Rebecca Millett (D) 70%	Timothy Thompson (R) 30%
House 31	Lois Reckitt (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 32	Christopher Kessler (D) 72.5%	Tammy Walter (R) 27.5%
House 33	Victoria Morales (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 34	Morgan Rielly (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 35	Sue Salisbury (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 36	Michael Brennan (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 37	Grayson Lookner (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 38	Barbara Wood (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 39	Michael Sylvester (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 40	Rachel Talbot Ross (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 41	Sam Zager (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 42	Benjamin Collings (D) 67.8%	Susan M. Abercrombie (R) 21.15%, Carolyn Silvius (G) 11%
House 43	Ed Crockett (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 44	Teresa Pierce (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 45	Stephen Moriarty (D) 62%	Michael J. Timmons (R) 38%
House 46	Braden K. Sharpe (D) 52.99%	Erika Morse (R) 47.01%
House 47	Art Bell (D) 70.5%	Anne Fleming (R) 29.5%
House 48	Melanie Sachs (D) 66.4%	James Finegan Jr. (R) 33.6%
House 49	Poppy Arford (D) 51.9%	Fred Horch (G) 48.1%
House 50	Ralph Tucker (D) 73.6%	Michael J. Lawler (R) 26.4%
House 51	Joyce McCreight (D) 58.2%	Steven Davis (R) 41.8%
House 52	Sean Paulhus (D) 67.2%	Christina Hughes (R) 32.8%
House 53	Allison Hepler (D) 51.7%	Jeffrey Pierce (R) 48.3%
House 54	Denise Tepler (D) 62.7%	Toni Jo Bashinsky (R) 37.3%
House 55	Seth Berry (D) 55.2%	Peter Lewis (R) 44.8%
House 56	Rick Mason (R) 61.6%	Scott Gaiason (D) 38.4%
House 57	Thomas Henry Jr. Martin (R) 64.4%	Patricia Fogg (D) 35.6%
House 58	Jonathan M. Connor (R) 50.7%	James Handy (D) 49.3%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 59	Margaret Craven (D) 57.5%	John Reeder (R) 42.5%
House 60	Kristen Cloutier (D) 71.5%	John Morrison (R) 28.5%
House 61	Heidi Brooks (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 62	Gina Melaragno (D) 51.4%	John Michael (I) 48.6%
House 63	Bruce Bickford (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 64	Laurel Libby (R) 54.4%	Bettyann W. Sheats (D) 45.6%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 65	Amy Arata (R) 59.2%	Misty Coolidge (D) 40.8%
House 66	Jessica Fay (D) 51.3%	Gregory Foster (R) 48.7%
House 67	Susan Austin (R) 54.3%	Susan Accardi (D) 29.6%, Mark Grover (Other) 16.1%
House 68	Richard Cebra (R) 52.9%	Patrick Scully (D) 47.1%
House 69	Walter Riseman (I) 55.7%	Michael Davis (R) 44.3%
House 70	Nate Wadsworth (R) 59.5%	Nathan Burnett (D) 40.5%
House 71	Sawin Millett Jr. (R) 54.4%	Kenneth Morse (D) 45.6%
House 72	Kathleen Jackson Dillingham (R) 63.7%	Jennifer Blastow (D) 36.3%
House 73	John Andrews (R) 63.8%	Joshua Woodburn (D) 36.2%
House 74	Sheila Lyman (R) 56.45%	Chris Riley (D) 43.55%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 75	Josh Morris (R) 55.3%	John Nutting (D) 44.7%
House 76	Daniel Newman (R) 52.1%	Deborah Emery (D) 47.9%
House 77	Michael D. Perkins (R) 67.9%	Marion Menair (D) 32.1%
House 78	Cathy Nadeau (R) 55.8%	Raymond Caron (D) 44.2%	Flipped D to R
House 79	Timothy Theriault (R) 66.5%	Lindsey Harwath (D) 33.5%
House 80	Dick Bradstreet (R) 66%	Gregory Hallee (D) 34%
House 81	Tavis Hasenfus (D) 56.55%	Joseph J. Pietroski (R) 43.45%
House 82	Randall Greenwood (R) 50.5%	Kent Ackley (I) 49.5%	Flipped I to R; Incumbent defeated
House 83	Thomas Harnett (D) 58.8%	Christopher Dilts (R) 41.2%
House 84	Charlotte Warren (D) 53.6%	Scott Taylor (R) 46.4%
House 85	Donna Doore (D) 60.2%	William Clardy (R) 39.8%
House 86	Justin Fecteau (R) 56.8%	Adam Turner (D) 43.2%
House 87	Jeffery Hanley (R) 56%	Timothy I. Marks (D) 44%
House 88	Michael Lemelin (R) 53.6%	Christopher Hamilton (D) 46.4%	Flipped D to R
House 89	Holly Stover (D) 54.1%	Stephanie Hawke (R) 45.9%
House 90	Lydia Crafts (D) 64.9%	Merle James II Parise (R) 35.1%
House 91	Jeffrey Evangelos (I) 53.7%	Lowell Wallace (R) 46.3%
House 92	Ann Matlack (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 93	Valli Geiger (D) 55.2%	Michael Mullins (R) 44.8%
House 94	Vicki Doudera (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 95	Bill Pluecker (I) 53.8%	Molly Luce (R) 46.2%
House 96	Stanley Zeigler (D) 50.6%	Katrina Smith (R) 49.4%
House 97	Janice Dodge (D) 67.2%	William C. Elliott Jr. (R) 32.8%
House 98	Scott Cuddy (D) 51.1%	Jessica Connor (R) 48.9%
House 99	MaryAnne Kinney (R) 54.2%	April Turner (D) 45.8%
House 100	Danny Costain (R) 72.3%	Carroll Payne (D) 27.7%
House 101	David Haggan (R) 63.95%	William Lippincott (D) 36.05%
House 102	Abigail Griffin (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 103	Jim Thorne (R) 62.9%	Robin Russel (D) 37.1%
House 104	Steven Foster (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 105	Joel Stetkis (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 106	Amanda Collamore (R) 62.3%	Ethan S. Brownell (D) 37.7%
House 107	Jennifer Poirier (R) 52%	Betty Austin (D) 48%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 108	Shelley Rudnicki (R) 55%	Nathaniel White (D) 45%
House 109	Bruce White (D) 67.8%	Richard Foss (R) 32.2%
House 110	Colleen Madigan (D) 61.1%	Mark Andre (R) 38.9%
House 111	Jack Ducharme (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 112	Thomas Skolfield (R) 64.7%	Peter Bourgelais (D) 35.3%
House 113	H. Scott Landry Jr. (D) 58.3%	Steve Bunker (R) 41.7%
House 114	Randy Hall (R) 65%	Gregory Kimber (D) 35%
House 115	Josanne C. Dolloff (R) 57.1%	John L. Patrick (D) 42.9%
House 116	Richard Pickett (R) 69.3%	Christopher Berryment (D) 30.7%
House 117	Frances Head (R) 54.7%	Savannah Sessions (D) 45.3%
House 118	Chad Grignon (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 119	Paul Stearns (R) 70.5%	Margarita Contreni (D) 29.5%
House 120	Richard A. Evans (D) 35.9%	Chad Perkins (R) 33.2%, Norman Higgins (I) 30.9%	Flipped I to D; Incumbent defeated
House 121	Gary Drinkwater (R) 68.6%	Megan Smith (D) 31.4%
House 122	Michelle Dunphy (D) 63.2%	Edward Paradis (R) 36.8%
House 123	Laurie Osher (D) 72.3%	Cameron Bowie (R) 27.7%
House 124	Joseph Perry (D) 63.3%	Daniel Lapointe (R) 36.7%
House 125	Amy Roeder (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 126	Laura Supica (D) 53.6%	Joshua Hiatt (R) 46.4%
House 127	Barbara A. Cardone (D) 64.38%	Noah James Hall (R) 35.62%
House 128	Kevin O'Connell (D) 54.9%	Garrel Craig (R) 45.1%
House 129	Peter Lyford (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 130	Kathy Downes (R) 63.6%	Nicolas Delli Paoli (D) 36.4%
House 131	Sherman Hutchins (R) 58.6%	Veronica Garvey Magnan (D) 41.4%
House 132	Nicole Grohoski (D) 55.3%	Michelle Kaplan (R) 44.7%
House 133	Sarah Pebworth (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 134	Genevieve McDonald (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 135	Lynne Williams (D) 55.3%	Timothy Oh (R) 31.5%, Benjamin Meiklejohn (G) 13.3%
House 136	Billy Bob Faulkingham (R) 63.5%	Antonio Blasi (D) 36.5%
House 137	Meldon Carmichael (R) 66.15%	Maxwell Coolidge (D) 33.9%
House 138	Robert Alley (D) 57.2%	Kim Robinson (R) 42.8%
House 139	Will Tuell (R) 72.1%	Patricia Godin (D) 27.9%
House 140	Anne Perry (D) 61.6%	Michael Lawson (R) 38.4%
House 141	Kathy Javner (R) 77.8%	Donald Green (D) 22.2%
House 142	Jeffery Allen Gifford (R) 72.4%	Natalie DiPentino (D) 27.6%
House 143	Peggy Stanley (R) 51.45%	Charles Pray (D) 48.55%	Flipped D to R
House 144	Tracy Quint (R) 68.3%	Kathryn Harnish (D) 31.7%
House 145	Chris Johansen (R) 76.7%	Robert Zabierek (D) 23.3%
House 146	Dustin White (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 147	Joseph Underwood (R) 54.3%	Lillie Lavado (D) 45.7%
House 148	David McCrea (D) 56.8%	Brian Redmond (R) 43.2%
House 149	Susan Bernard (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 150	Roland Martin (D) 60.1%	Aaron Cyr (R) 39.9%
House 151	John Martin (D) 56.4%	Kevin Bushey (R) 43.6%
Senate 1	Troy Dale Jackson (D) 59.4%	Brian Schaefer (R) 40.6%
Senate 2	Harold Stewart (R) 56.9%	Michael Carpenter (D) 43.1%, Henry John Bear (G) 0.2%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Senate 3	Brad Farrin (R) 68.4%	Daniel S. Swain (D) 31.6%
Senate 4	Paul T. Davis (R) 76.2%	David F. Ziemer (D) 23.8%
Senate 5	Jim Dill (D) 58%	Christian Ireland (R) 42%
Senate 6	Marianne Moore (R) 62.8%	Jeffrey Lovit (D) 37.2%
Senate 7	Louis Luchini (D) 55%	Brian D. Langley (R) 45%
Senate 8	Kimberley Rosen (R) 57.8%	Beverly Uhlenhake (D) 36.7%, Teresa Montague (D) 5.4%
Senate 9	Joe Baldacci (D) 55%	Sean Hinkley (R) 33.7%, Kristie Miner (Other) 11.3%
Senate 10	Stacey Guerin (R) 69.8%	Frederick H. Austin (D) 30.2%
Senate 11	Glenn Curry (D) 54.2%	Duncan Milne (R) 45.8%
Senate 12	David Miramant (D) 57.6%	Gordon Page (R) 42.4%
Senate 13	Chloe Maxmin (D) 51.5%	Dana Dow (R) 48.5%, Abraham Ober (Other) 0%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 14	Shenna Bellows (D) 56.1%	Mark Walker (R) 43.9%
Senate 15	Matthew Pouliot (R) 57.4%	Kalie Hess (D) 42.6%
Senate 16	Scott Cyrway (R) 56.2%	Hilary Koch (D) 43.8%
Senate 17	Russell Black (R) 58.6%	Jan Collins (D) 41.4%
Senate 18	Lisa Keim (R) 67.6%	Gabriel Perkins (D) 32.4%
Senate 19	Rick Bennett (R) 59.6%	Katherine Branch (D) 40.4%
Senate 20	Ned Claxton (D) 53.4%	Matthew Leonard (R) 46.6%
Senate 21	Nathan Libby (D) 59.6%	Timothy Gallant (R) 40.4%
Senate 22	Jeff Timberlake (R) 60.6%	Martha Poliquin (D) 39.4%
Senate 23	Eloise Vitelli (D) 55.8%	Holly Kopp (R) 44.2%
Senate 24	Mattie Daughtry (D) 66.2%	Brad Pattershall (R) 33.8%
Senate 25	Catherine Breen (D) 62%	Jennifer White (R) 38%
Senate 26	William Diamond (D) 60.7%	Karen L. Lockwood (R) 39.3%
Senate 27	Benjamin Chipman (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 28	Heather Sanborn (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 29	Anne Carney (D) 67.2%	Stephanie Anderson (R) 32.8%
Senate 30	Stacy Brenner (D) 53.9%	Sara Rivard (R) 46.1%
Senate 31	Donna Bailey (D) 54.65%	Craig Pendleton (R) 45.35%
Senate 32	Susan Deschambault (D) 57.2%	Robert Daigle (R) 42.8%
Senate 33	David Woodsome (R) 62.8%	Michael McKinney (D) 37.2%
Senate 34	Joe Rafferty (D) 51.9%	Michael Pardue (R) 48.1%	Flipped R to D
Senate 35	Mark Lawrence (D) 62.6%	Bradley Moulton (R) 37.4%

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