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
 Majority partyMinority party
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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
Seats before2213
Seats after2015
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 2

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Results:
     Republican gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
     Results TBD

Senate President before election

Troy Jackson
Democratic

Elected Senate President

Mattie Daughtry
Democratic

The 2024 Maine State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, with the primary election using instant-runoff voting held on June 11, 2024, to elect the 132nd Maine Senate. [1] Voters in all 35 districts of the Maine State Senate elected their senators. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Maine House of Representatives.

Contents

Background

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

Retirements

Seven incumbents did not seek re-election.

Democrats

Republicans

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

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

Republicans

See also

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