2024 Maine State Senate election

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2024 Maine Senate election
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  2022 November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)2026 

All 35 seats in the Maine State Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Troy Jackson
(term-limited)
Trey Stewart
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceDecember 7, 2016November 10, 2022
Leader's seat1st – Allagash 2nd – Presque Isle
Current seats2213

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Map of the incumbents:
     Democratic incumbent     Democratic term-limited or retiring
     Republican incumbent     Republican term-limited or retiring

Incumbent Senate President

Troy Jackson
Democratic



The 2024 Maine State Senate election will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, with the primary election using instant-runoff voting to be held on July 11, 2024, to elect the 132nd Maine Senate. [1] 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.

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Background

Democrats have maintained control of the state senate since the 2018 election and the state house since the 2012 election.

Retirements

Six incumbents will not seek re-election.

Democrats

District 1: Troy Jackson is term-limited.
District 24: Eloise Vitelli is term-limited.
District 28: Ben Chipman is term-limited.

Republicans

District 15: Matthew Pouliot is retiring. [2]
District 19: Lisa Keim is term-limited (running for Oxford County Commission). [3]
District 20: Eric Brakey is retiring. [4]

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

One incumbent senator, a Republican, was defeated in the June 11 primary election.

Republicans

  1. District 10: Peter Lyford lost renomination to David Haggan. [5]

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References

  1. "Maine State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  2. Hilton, AnnMarie (January 16, 2024). "Three-term Augusta senator announces he won't seek reelection". Maine Morning Star . Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  3. Sherlock, Steve (April 9, 2024). "Oxford County Commissioners Steven Merrill and David Duguay stepping down". Sun Journal . Retrieved June 12, 2024. Keim, the assistant Republican minority leader in the Senate, is seeking Duguay's commission seat in the Republican primary.
  4. Collins, Steve (November 30, 2023). "Eric Brakey won't seek reelection, plans to move to New Hampshire". Lewiston Sun Journal . Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  5. Shepherd, Michael (June 11, 2024). "Hampden's David Haggan ousts Brewer-area state senator in Republican primary". Bangor Daily News . Retrieved June 12, 2024.