Maine's 1st State Senate district

Maine's 1st State Senate district
Senator	Susan Bernard R – Aroostook
Registration	35.9%  Republican 18.7%  Democratic 45.4%  No party preference
Population (2020)	36,863 [1]

Maine's 1st State Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Maine Senate. It has been represented by Republican Susan Bernard since 2024.

Geography

District 1 covers far northern Maine, including the majority of Aroostook County. It is located entirely within Maine's 2nd congressional district. ^[2] It borders the Canadian province of Quebec.

Aroostook County - 54.9% of county

City:

• Caribou

Towns:

• Allagash
• Ashland
• Castle Hill
• Caswell
• Chapman
• Eagle Lake
• Fort Fairfield
• Fort Kent
• Frenchville
• Grand Isle
• Hamlin
• Limestone
• Madawaska
• Mapleton
• Masardis
• New Canada
• New Sweden
• Perham
• Portage Lake
• Saint Agatha
• Saint Francis
• Stockholm
• Van Buren
• Wade
• Wallagrass
• Washburn
• Westmanland
• Woodland

Recent election results

Source: ^[3]

2022

2022 Maine State Senate election, District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Troy Dale Jackson	8,817	52.5
	Republican	Susan Y. Bernard	7,947	47.5
Total votes			23,967	100
	Democratic hold

Elections prior to 2022 were held under different district lines.

2024

2024 Maine State Senate election, District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Y. Bernard	13,284	65.8%
	Democratic	Vaughn McLaughlin	6,892	34.2%
Total votes			20,140	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Historical election results

Source: ^[4]

2012

2012 Maine State Senate election, District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dawn Hill	13,592	62.8
	Republican	Arthur Kyricos	8,066	37.2
Total votes			21,658	100
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 Maine State Senate election, District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Edgecomb (incumbent)	7,935	50.9
	Democratic	Charles Theriault	7,107	45.6
	Blank votes	None	548	3.5
Total votes			15,590	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2016

2016 Maine State Senate election, District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Troy Dale Jackson (incumbent)	9,589	51.5
	Republican	Timothy Guerrette	9,018	48.5
Total votes			18,607	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2018

2018 Maine State Senate election, District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Troy Dale Jackson	8,793	60.7
	Republican	Michael Nadeau	5,683	39.3
Total votes			14,476	100
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Troy Dale Jackson	10,937	59.4
	Republican	Brian Schaefer	7,485	40.6
Total votes			18,452	100
	Democratic hold

References

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