Maine's 19th State Senate district

Maine's 19th State Senate district
Senator	Joseph Martin R – Rumford
Population (2020)	39,618 [1]

Maine's 19th State Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Maine Senate. It has been represented by Republican Joseph Martin since 2024.

Geography

District 19 makes up the majority of Oxford County, Maine, and the western half of Franklin County. The district borders the state of New Hampshire. ^[2]

Franklin County - 18.6% of county

Oxford County - 49.8% of county

Franklin:

Towns:

• Avon
• Carthage
• Eustis
• Jay
• Phillips, Maine
• Rangeley
• Temple
• Weld

Oxford

Towns:

• Andover
• Bethel
• Byron
• Canton
• Dixfield
• Gilead
• Greenwood
• Hartford
• Lovell
• Mexico
• Peru
• Roxbury
• Rumford
• Stoneham
• Stow
• Sumner
• West Paris
• Woodstock

Recent election results

Source: ^[3]

2022

2022 Maine State Senate election, District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Keim	11,902	62.6
	Democratic	Matthew R. Bean	7,111	37.4
Total votes			19,103	100.0
	Republican hold

Elections prior to 2022 were held under different district lines.

2024

2024 Maine State Senate election, District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph Martin	12,901	56.8
	Democratic	Bruce S. Bryant	9,793	43.2
Total votes			22,694	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical election results

Source: ^[4]

2012

2012 Maine State Senate election, District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Seth Goodall	13,445	63.8
	Republican	Jeffrey Pierce	7,623	36.2
Total votes			21,068	100
	Democratic hold

2013 - Special

2012 Maine State Senate election, District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eloise Vitelli	12,723	50.6
	Republican	Paula Benoit	4,169	45.5
	Green	Daniel Stromgren	357	3.9
Total votes			9,157	100
	Democratic hold

2014

Note: ^[a]

2014 Maine State Senate election, District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Hamper	10,386	58.7
	Democratic	Rose Roger-Wells	6,234	35.3
	Blank votes	None	1,063	6
Total votes			17,683	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Maine State Senate election, District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Hamper	13,396	64.8
	Democratic	Joseph Chisari	7,272	35.2
Total votes			20,668	100
	Republican hold

2018

2018 Maine State Senate election, District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Hamper	10,167	58.2
	Democratic	Michael McKinney	7,317	41.8
Total votes			16,755	100
	Republican hold

2020

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Bennett	13,581	59.6
	Democratic	Katherine Branch	9,209	40.4
Total votes			22,783	100
	Republican hold

Notes

1. This election was a Republican hold, as Hamper had been redistricted from the 13th district in early 2014

References

1. "State Senate District 19, 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 19 - Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
4. "Maine State Senate District 19 - Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 18, 2025.