2020 Maine Senate election

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2020 Maine Senate election
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  2018 November 3, 2020 2022  

All 35 seats in the Maine Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Troy Jackson Dana Dow
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 1st 13th
(lost re-election)
Seats before2114
Seats won2213
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote418,062369,474
Percentage52.9%46.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg3.0%Increase2.svg3.5%

2020 Maine Senate election.svg
Results:
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain
     Republican hold     Republican gain

Senate President before election

Troy Jackson
Democratic

Elected Senate President

Troy Jackson
Democratic

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.

Contents

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

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [1] Lean DOctober 21, 2020

Results

Overview

2213
DemocraticRepublican
Results [2]
PartiesCandidatesPopular VoteSeats
Vote %20182020+/−Strength
Democratic 35418,06252.85%2122Increase2.svg162.86%
Republican 33369,47446.71%1413Decrease2.svg137.14%
Independent 23,4790.44%00Steady2.svg0.00%
Total70791,015100.00%3535100.00%

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

Source: Official candidate listings. [3]

District 1

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 1
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Troy Dale Jackson (incumbent) 10,037 59.37
Republican Brian Schaefer7,48540.63
Total votes18,422 100.00
Democratic hold

District 2

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 2
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Harold "Trey" Stewart 10,838 56.90
Democratic Michael Carpenter (incumbent)8,20843.10
Total votes19,705 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 3
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bradlee Farrin (incumbent) 12,920 68.44
Democratic Katherine Wilder5,95731.56
Total votes18,877 100.00
Republican hold

District 4

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 4
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul T. Davis (Incumbent) 2,910 67.7%
Republican Douglas Thomas1,38832.3%
Total votes4,298 100.0%
General election
Republican Paul T. Davis (Incumbent) 14,817 76.20
Democratic David Ziemer4,62923.80
Total votes19,446 100.00
Republican hold

District 5

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 5
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Dill (incumbent) 11,571 57.99
Republican Christian Ireland8,38142.01
Total votes19,952 100.00
Democratic hold

District 6

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 6
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Marianne Moore (incumbent) 11,853 62.82
Democratic Jeffrey Lovit6,79337.18
Total votes18,869 100.00
Republican hold

District 7

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 7
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Langley 2,817 72.3%
Republican John Linnehan1,08127.7%
Total votes3,898 100.0%
General election
Democratic Louis Luchini (Incumbent) 14,280 55.02
Republican Brian Langley 11,67244.98
Total votes25,952 100.00
Democratic hold

District 8

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 8
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Beverly Uhlenhake 2,256 67.6%
Democratic Trudy Scee1,08032.4%
Total votes3,336 100.0%
Republican Kimberley Rosen (Incumbent) 2,082 50.6%
Republican Lawrence Lockman2,03049.4%
Total votes4,112 100.0%
General election
Republican Kimberley Rosen (Incumbent) 13,113 57.83
Democratic Beverly Uhlenhake8,33236.74
Independent Teresa Montague1,2315.43
Total votes22,676 100.00
Republican hold

District 9

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 9
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joe Baldacci 2,065 52.8%
Democratic Victoria Kornfield 1,84747.2%
Total votes3,912 100.0%
General election
Democratic Joe Baldacci 10,960 55.04
Republican Sean Hinkley6,70633.67
Independent Kristie Miner2,24811.29
Total votes19,914 100.00
Democratic hold

District 10

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 10
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stacey Guerin (incumbent) 14,508 69.80
Democratic Frederick Austin6,27830.20
Total votes20,786 100.00
Republican hold

District 11

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 11 - Round 1
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Glenn Curry 1,858 44.58%
Democratic Robyn Stanicki 1,280 30.71%
Democratic Charles Pattavina1,03024.71%
Total votes4,168 100.00%
2020 Maine State Senate election, District 11 - Round 2
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Glenn Curry 2,244 56.74%
Democratic Robyn Stanicki1,71143.26%
Democratic Charles Pattavina00.00%
Total votes3,955 100.00%
General election
Democratic Glenn Curry 12,789 54.16
Republican Duncan Milne10,82645.84
Total votes23,615 100.00
Democratic hold

District 12

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 12
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic David Miramant (incumbent) 14,049 57.60
Republican Gordon Page10,34242.40
Total votes24,391 100.00
Democratic hold

District 13

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 13
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chloe Maxmin 12,806 51.48
Republican Dana Dow (incumbent)12,07248.52
Total votes24,878 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

District 14

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 14
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shenna Bellows (Incumbent) 4,285 90.9%
Democratic Danielle Grondin-Stevens4319.1%
Total votes4,716 100.0%
General election
Democratic Shenna Bellows (Incumbent) 12,998 56.06
Republican Mark Walker10,18943.94
Total votes23,737 100.00
Democratic hold

District 15

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Matthew Pouliot (incumbent) 12,167 57.38
Democratic Kalie Hess9,03942.62
Total votes21,206 100.00
Republican hold

District 16

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 16
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Cyrway (incumbent) 11,456 56.22
Democratic Hilary Koch8,92043.78
Total votes20,376 100.00
Republican hold

District 17

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 17
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Russell Black (incumbent) 12,776 58.58
Democratic Jan Collins9,03241.42
Total votes21,808 100.00
Republican hold

District 18

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 18
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lisa Keim (incumbent) 14,247 67.56
Democratic Gabriel Perkins6,84032.44
Total votes21,087 100.00
Republican hold

District 19

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 19
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard A. Bennett 13,581 59.61
Democratic Katherine Branch9,20240.39
Total votes22,783 100.00
Republican hold

District 20

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 20
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ned Claxton (incumbent) 11,884 53.42
Republican Matthew Leonard10,36146.58
Total votes22,245 100.00
Democratic hold

District 21

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 21
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nathan Libby (incumbent) 10,171 59.64
Republican Timothy Gallant6,88240.36
Total votes17,053 100.00
Democratic hold

District 22

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 22
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeffrey Timberlake (incumbent) 13,270 60.65
Democratic Martha Poliquin8,61039.35
Total votes21,880 100.00
Republican hold

District 23

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 23
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eloise Vitelli (incumbent) 13,810 55.84
Republican Holly Kopp10,92244.16
Total votes
Democratic hold

District 24

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 24
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Matthea Daughtry 6,902 79.6%
Democratic Stan Gerzofsky1,76920.4%
Total votes8,671 100.0%
General election
Democratic Matthea Daughtry 18,297 66.17
Republican Brad Pattershall9,35333.83
Total votes27,650 100.00
Democratic hold

District 25

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 25
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Catherine Breen (incumbent) 18,587 61.98
Republican Jennifer White11,40438.02
Total votes29,991 100.00
Democratic hold

District 26

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 26
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Diamond (incumbent) 14,267 60.75
Republican Karen Lockwood9,21939.25
Total votes23,486 100.00
Democratic hold

District 27

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 27
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Benjamin Chipman (Incumbent) 21,514 100.00
Total votes21,514 100.00
Democratic hold

District 28

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 28
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Heather Sanborn (Incumbent) 20,173 100.00
Total votes20,173 100.00
Democratic hold

District 29

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 29
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Anne Carney 4,931 57.6%
Democratic Sari Greene2,53729.6%
Democratic Eben Rose1,09812.8%
Total votes8,566 100.0%
General election
Democratic Anne Carney 16,847 67.21
Republican Stephanie Anderson8,22132.79
Total votes25,068 100.00
Democratic hold

District 30

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 30
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stacy Brenner 14,960 53.93
Republican Sara Rivard12,77846.07
Total votes27,738 100.00
Democratic hold

District 31

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 31
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Donna Bailey 13,266 54.65
Republican Craig Pendleton [2] 11,00745.35
Total votes24,273 100.00
Democratic hold

District 32

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 32
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Susan Deschambault (incumbent) 12,838 57.18
Republican Robert Daigle9,61242.82
Total votes22,450 100.00
Democratic hold

District 33

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 33
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Woodsome (incumbent) 13,408 62.79
Democratic Michael McKinney7,94737.21
Total votes21,355 100.00
Republican hold

District 34

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 34
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joseph Rafferty 13,949 51.86
Republican Michael Pardue12,94748.14
Total votes26,896 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

District 35

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 35
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mark Lawrence (incumbent) 17,099 62.63
Republican Bradley Moulton 10,20437.37
Total votes27,303 100.00
Democratic hold

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