Maine's 16th State Senate district

Maine's 16th State Senate district
Senator	Scott Cyrway R – Albion
Population (2020)	39,851 [1]

Maine's 16th State Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Maine Senate. It has been represented by Republican Scott Cyrway since 2024.

Geography

District 16 is made up of a small part of Kennebec County, including the city of Waterville. It also includes the town of Fairfield of the county of Somerset ^[2]

Kennebec County - 25.9% of county

Somerset - 12.8% of county

Kennebec:

City:

• Waterville

Towns:

• Albion
• Oakland
• Winslow

Somerset:

Town:

• Fairfield

Recent election results ^[3]

2024

2024 Maine State Senate election, District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Cyrway	10,806	53.7
	Democratic	Nathaniel White	9,305	46.3
Total votes			20,111	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

2022

2022 Maine State Senate election, District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David LaFountain	8,349	51
	Republican	Michael D. Perkins	8,022	49
Total votes			16,371	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Elections prior to 2022 were held under different district lines.

Historical election results ^[4]

2020

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Cyrway	11,456	56.2
	Democratic	Hilary Kock	8,920	43.8
Total votes			20,376	100
	Republican hold

2018

2018 Maine State Senate election, District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Cyrway	7,902	49.5
	Democratic	Karen Kusiak	7,778	48.7
	Write-in		277	1.7
Total votes			15,957	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Maine State Senate election, District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Cyrway	10,378	54
	Democratic	Henry Murphy Beck	8,846	46
Total votes			19,224	100
	Republican hold

2014

2014 Maine State Senate election, District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Cyrway	8,523	53.3
	Democratic	Colleen Machowicz	6,936	43.4
	Blank votes	None	530	3.3
Total votes			15,989	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2012

2012 Maine State Senate election, District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Margaret Craven	10,208	67.4
	Republican	Robert Reed	4,933	32.6
Total votes			19,323	100
	Democratic hold

References

1. "State Senate District 16, ME". Census Reporter. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
2. "Senate Districts - Maine State Legislature". Maine State Legislature. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
3. "Maine State Senate District 16 - Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
4. "Maine State Senate District 16 - Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 18, 2025.