2020 Maine Senate election

Not to be confused with 2020 United States Senate election in Maine.

2020 Maine Senate election
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All 35 seats in the Maine Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Troy Jackson Dana Dow
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 1st 13th
(lost re-election)
Seats before 21 14
Seats won 22 13
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 418,062 369,474
Percentage 52.9% 46.7%
Swing Decrease3.0% Increase3.5%
Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
Senate President before election

Troy Jackson
Democratic

Elected Senate President

Troy Jackson
Democratic

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The 2020 Maine State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election using instant-runoff voting being held on July 14, 2020, to elect the 130th Maine Senate. Voters in all 35 districts of the Maine State Senate will elect their senators. The elections will coincide with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Maine House of Representatives. Republicans only needed to gain four seats to win control of the chamber; they instead gained only one and lost another two, resulting in a net increase in the Democratic Party's majority.

The primary elections were held on July 14, 2020.

Background

In the 2018 Maine State Senate elections, Democrats gained control of Maine State Senate by a 21–14 margin. Before those elections, Republicans had controlled the chamber since 2014 Maine State Senate elections.

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[1] Lean D October 21, 2020

Results

Overview

↓
22 13
Democratic Republican
Results[2]
Parties Candidates Popular Vote Seats
Vote % 2018 2020 +/− Strength
Democratic 35 418,062 52.85% 21 22 Increase1 62.86%
Republican 33 369,474 46.71% 14 13 Decrease1 37.14%
Independent 2 3,479 0.44% 0 0 Steady 0.00%
Total 70 791,015 100.00% 35 35 100.00%

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 13, 2.96% gain
  2. District 34, 3.72% gain
  3. District 20, 6.84%
  4. District 11, 8.32%
  5. District 30, 9.6%

Detailed results

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35

Source: Official candidate listings.[3]

District 1

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 1
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Troy Dale Jackson (incumbent) 10,037 59.37
Republican Brian Schaefer 7,485 40.63
Total votes 18,422 100.00
Democratic hold

District 2

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 2
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Harold "Trey" Stewart 10,838 56.90
Democratic Michael Carpenter (incumbent) 8,208 43.10
Total votes 19,705 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 3
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brad Farrin (incumbent) 12,920 68.44
Democratic Katherine Wilder 5,957 31.56
Total votes 18,877 100.00
Republican hold

District 4

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 4
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul T. Davis (Incumbent) 2,910 67.7%
Republican Douglas Thomas 1,388 32.3%
Total votes 4,298 100.0%
General election
Republican Paul T. Davis (Incumbent) 14,817 76.20
Democratic David Ziemer 4,629 23.80
Total votes 19,446 100.00
Republican hold

District 5

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 5
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Dill (incumbent) 11,571 57.99
Republican Christian Ireland 8,381 42.01
Total votes 19,952 100.00
Democratic hold

District 6

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 6
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Marianne Moore (incumbent) 11,853 62.82
Democratic Jeffrey Lovit 6,793 37.18
Total votes 18,869 100.00
Republican hold

District 7

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 7
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Langley 2,817 72.3%
Republican John Linnehan 1,081 27.7%
Total votes 3,898 100.0%
General election
Democratic Louis Luchini (Incumbent) 14,280 55.02
Republican Brian Langley 11,672 44.98
Total votes 25,952 100.00
Democratic hold

District 8

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 8
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Beverly Uhlenhake 2,256 67.6%
Democratic Trudy Scee 1,080 32.4%
Total votes 3,336 100.0%
Republican Kimberley Rosen (Incumbent) 2,082 50.6%
Republican Lawrence Lockman 2,030 49.4%
Total votes 4,112 100.0%
General election
Republican Kimberley Rosen (Incumbent) 13,113 57.83
Democratic Beverly Uhlenhake 8,332 36.74
Independent Teresa Montague 1,231 5.43
Total votes 22,676 100.00
Republican hold

District 9

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 9
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Baldacci 2,065 52.8%
Democratic Victoria Kornfield 1,847 47.2%
Total votes 3,912 100.0%
General election
Democratic Joe Baldacci 10,960 55.04
Republican Sean Hinkley 6,706 33.67
Independent Kristie Miner 2,248 11.29
Total votes 19,914 100.00
Democratic hold

District 10

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 10
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stacey Guerin (incumbent) 14,508 69.80
Democratic Frederick Austin 6,278 30.20
Total votes 20,786 100.00
Republican hold

District 11

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 11 - Round 1
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Glenn Curry 1,858 44.58%
Democratic Robyn Stanicki 1,280 30.71%
Democratic Charles Pattavina 1,030 24.71%
Total votes 4,168 100.00%
2020 Maine State Senate election, District 11 - Round 2
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Glenn Curry 2,244 56.74%
Democratic Robyn Stanicki 1,711 43.26%
Democratic Charles Pattavina 0 0.00%
Total votes 3,955 100.00%
General election
Democratic Glenn Curry 12,789 54.16
Republican Duncan Milne 10,826 45.84
Total votes 23,615 100.00
Democratic hold

District 12

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 12
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Miramant (incumbent) 14,049 57.60
Republican Gordon Page 10,342 42.40
Total votes 24,391 100.00
Democratic hold

District 13

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 13
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chloe Maxmin 12,806 51.48
Republican Dana Dow (incumbent) 12,072 48.52
Total votes 24,878 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

District 14

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 14
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shenna Bellows (Incumbent) 4,285 90.9%
Democratic Danielle Grondin-Stevens 431 9.1%
Total votes 4,716 100.0%
General election
Democratic Shenna Bellows (Incumbent) 12,998 56.06
Republican Mark Walker 10,189 43.94
Total votes 23,737 100.00
Democratic hold

District 15

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 15
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matthew Pouliot (incumbent) 12,167 57.38
Democratic Kalie Hess 9,039 42.62
Total votes 21,206 100.00
Republican hold

District 16

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 16
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Cyrway (incumbent) 11,456 56.22
Democratic Hilary Koch 8,920 43.78
Total votes 20,376 100.00
Republican hold

District 17

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 17
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Russell Black (incumbent) 12,776 58.58
Democratic Jan Collins 9,032 41.42
Total votes 21,808 100.00
Republican hold

District 18

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 18
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lisa Keim (incumbent) 14,247 67.56
Democratic Gabriel Perkins 6,840 32.44
Total votes 21,087 100.00
Republican hold

District 19

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 19
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Bennett 13,581 59.61
Democratic Katherine Branch 9,202 40.39
Total votes 22,783 100.00
Republican hold

District 20

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 20
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ned Claxton (incumbent) 11,884 53.42
Republican Matthew Leonard 10,361 46.58
Total votes 22,245 100.00
Democratic hold

District 21

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 21
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nathan Libby (incumbent) 10,171 59.64
Republican Timothy Gallant 6,882 40.36
Total votes 17,053 100.00
Democratic hold

District 22

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 22
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeff Timberlake (incumbent) 13,270 60.65
Democratic Martha Poliquin 8,610 39.35
Total votes 21,880 100.00
Republican hold

District 23

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 23
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eloise Vitelli (incumbent) 13,810 55.84
Republican Holly Kopp 10,922 44.16
Total votes
Democratic hold

District 24

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 24
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Matthea Daughtry 6,902 79.6%
Democratic Stan Gerzofsky 1,769 20.4%
Total votes 8,671 100.0%
General election
Democratic Matthea Daughtry 18,297 66.17
Republican Brad Pattershall 9,353 33.83
Total votes 27,650 100.00
Democratic hold

District 25

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 25
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Catherine Breen (incumbent) 18,587 61.98
Republican Jennifer White 11,404 38.02
Total votes 29,991 100.00
Democratic hold

District 26

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 26
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Diamond (incumbent) 14,267 60.75
Republican Karen Lockwood 9,219 39.25
Total votes 23,486 100.00
Democratic hold

District 27

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 27
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Benjamin Chipman (Incumbent) 21,514 100.00
Total votes 21,514 100.00
Democratic hold

District 28

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 28
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Heather Sanborn (Incumbent) 20,173 100.00
Total votes 20,173 100.00
Democratic hold

District 29

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 29
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anne Carney 4,931 57.6%
Democratic Sari Greene 2,537 29.6%
Democratic Eben Rose 1,098 12.8%
Total votes 8,566 100.0%
General election
Democratic Anne Carney 16,847 67.21
Republican Stephanie Anderson 8,221 32.79
Total votes 25,068 100.00
Democratic hold

District 30

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 30
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stacy Brenner 14,960 53.93
Republican Sara Rivard 12,778 46.07
Total votes 27,738 100.00
Democratic hold

District 31

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 31
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donna Bailey 13,266 54.65
Republican Craig Pendleton[2] 11,007 45.35
Total votes 24,273 100.00
Democratic hold

District 32

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 32
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Susan Deschambault (incumbent) 12,838 57.18
Republican Robert Daigle 9,612 42.82
Total votes 22,450 100.00
Democratic hold

District 33

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 33
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Woodsome (incumbent) 13,408 62.79
Democratic Michael McKinney 7,947 37.21
Total votes 21,355 100.00
Republican hold

District 34

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 34
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Rafferty 13,949 51.86
Republican Michael Pardue 12,947 48.14
Total votes 26,896 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

District 35

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 35
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Lawrence (incumbent) 17,099 62.63
Republican Bradley Moulton 10,204 37.37
Total votes 27,303 100.00
Democratic hold

See also

References

[2]

  1. ^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Maine State Senate 2020 Election Results". Maine Department of the Secretary of State. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  3. ^ "Election Results". Maine Secretary of State. Retrieved May 7, 2020.