Maine's 20th State Senate district

Maine's 20th State Senate district
Senator	Bruce Bickford R – Auburn
Population (2020)	40,150 [1]

Maine's 20th State Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Maine Senate. It has been represented by Republican Bruce Bickford since 2024.

Geography

District 20 represents the city of Auburn and towns of Durham and Poland of Androscoggin County. The district also includes the town of New Gloucester of Cumberland County. ^[2]

Androscoggin County - 30.7% of county

Cumberland County - 1.9% of county

Androscoggin:

City:

• Auburn

Towns:

• Durham
• Poland
• Eustis

Cumberland:

Town:

• New Gloucester

Recent election results

Source: ^[3]

2022

2022 Maine State Senate election, District 20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eric Brakey	9,064	50.4
	Democratic	Bettyann Sheats	8,918	49.6
Total votes			17,982	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Elections prior to 2022 were held under different district lines.

2024

2024 Maine State Senate election, District 20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Bickford	11,174	50.1
	Democratic	Bettyann Sheats	10,187	45.7
	Independent	Dustin Ward	930	4.2
Total votes			22,291	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical election results

Source: ^[4]

2012

2012 Maine State Senate election, District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Johnson	10,943	50.4
	Republican	Leslie Fossel	10,772	49.6
Total votes			21,715	100
	Democratic hold

2014

Note: ^[a]

2014 Maine State Senate election, District 20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eric Brakey	10,138	56.5
	Democratic	John Cleveland	7,144	39.8
	Blank votes	None	668	3.7
Total votes			17,950	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2016

2016 Maine State Senate election, District 20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eric Brakey	13,047	61.4
	Democratic	Kimberly Sampson	8,214	36.6
Total votes			21,261	100
	Republican hold

2018

2018 Maine State Senate election, District 20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ned Claxton	8,993	50.7
	Republican	Eleanor Espling	8,758	49.3
Total votes			17,751	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2020

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ned Claxton	11,884	53.4
	Republican	Matthew Leonard	10,361	46.6
Total votes			22,254	100
	Democratic 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 20, 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 20 - Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
4. "Maine State Senate District 20 - Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 18, 2025.