Maine's 18th State Senate district

Maine's 18th State Senate district
Senator	Rick Bennett I – Oxford
Population (2020)	39,846 [1]

Maine's 18th State Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Maine Senate. It has been represented by Independent Rick Bennett since 2022.

Geography

District 18 is largely made up by part of Oxford County, including its county seat of Paris. It also includes the towns of Mechanic Falls and Minot of Androscoggin County, and the towns of Bridgton and Harrison of Cumberland County. ^[2]

Androscoggin County - 5.1% of county

Cumberland County - 2.5% of county

Oxford County - 44.5% of county

Androscoggin:

Towns:

• Mechanic Falls
• Minot

Cumberland:

Towns:

• Bridgton
• Harrison

Oxford:

Towns:

• Brownfield
• Denmark
• Fryeburg
• Hebron
• Norway
• Otisfield
• Oxford
• Paris
• Sweden

Recent election results

Source: ^[3]

2022

2022 Maine State Senate election, District 18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Bennett	11,931	62.5
	Democratic	Colin O'Neill	7,171	37.5
Total votes			19,102	100.0
	Republican hold

Elections prior to 2022 were held under different district lines.

2024

2024 Maine State Senate election, District 18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Bennett	15,206	64.7
	Democratic	Linda Miller	8,310	35.3
Total votes			23,516	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical election results

Source: ^[4]

2012

2012 Maine State Senate election, District 18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Saviello	12,723	61.9
	Democratic	Joanne Dunlap	7,844	38.1
Total votes			20,567	100
	Republican hold

2014

Note: ^[a]

2014 Maine State Senate election, District 18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Patrick	9,136	51.6
	Republican	Joseph Martin	7,714	43.5
	Blank votes	None	866	4.9
Total votes			17,716	100
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 Maine State Senate election, District 18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Keim	11,603	56.2
	Democratic	John Patrick	9,040	43.8
Total votes			20,643	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018

2018 Maine State Senate election, District 18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Keim	10,966	65.4
	Democratic	James Wilfong	5,789	34.6
Total votes			16,755	100
	Republican hold

2020

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Keim	12,776	67.6
	Democratic	Gabriel Perkins	6,840	32.4
Total votes			14,247	100
	Republican hold

Notes

1. This election was a Democratic hold, as Patrick had been redistricted from the 14th district in early 2014

References

1. "State Senate District 18, 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 18 - Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
4. "Maine State Senate District 18 - Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 18, 2025.