Maine's 2nd State Senate district

Maine's 2nd State Senate district
Senator	Harold Stewart R – Aroostook
Registration	33.1%  Republican 16.9%  Democratic 50%  No party preference
Population (2020)	41,314 [1]

Maine's 2nd State Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Maine Senate. It has been represented by Republican Senate minority leader Harold Stewart since 2022.

Geography

District 2 covers the smaller southern half of Aroostook County, and a small part of Penobscot County. It is located entirely within Maine's 2nd congressional district. ^[2] It borders the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

Aroostook County - 45.1% of county Penobscot County - 6.8% of county

Aroostook:

City:

• Presque Isle

Towns:

• Amity
• Blaine
• Crystal
• Dyer Brook
• Easton
• Hammond
• Haynesville
• Hersey
• Hodgdon
• Houlton
• Island Falls
• Linneus
• Littleton
• Ludlow
• Mars Hill
• Merrill
• Monticello
• New Limerick
• Oakfield
• Orient
• Sherman
• Smyrna
• Westfield
• Weston

Penobscot:

Towns:

• Chester
• East Millnocket
• Mattawamkeag
• Maxfield
• Medway
• Millinocket
• Mount Chase
• Patten
• Stacyville
• Woodville

Recent election results

Source: ^[3]

2022

2022 Maine State Senate election, District 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harold Stewart	11,681	70
	Democratic	Danielle A. Fienberg	4,997	30
Total votes			23,967	100
	Republican hold

Elections prior to 2022 were held under different district lines.

2024

2024 Maine State Senate election, District 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harold Stewart	13,695	66.2
	Democratic	Matthew J. Rush	6,999	33.8
Total votes			20,694	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical election results

Source: ^[4]

2012

2012 Maine State Senate election, District 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ronald F. Collins	9,301	45.6
	Democratic	Thomas Wright	6,377	31.2
	Independent	Richard Burns	4,736	23.2
Total votes			20,414	100
	Republican hold

2014

2014 Maine State Senate election, District 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Willette (incumbent)	7,626	48.9%
	Democratic	Michael E. Carpenter	7,394	47.4
	Blank votes	None	587	3.8
Total votes			15,607	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Maine State Senate election, District 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael E. Carpenter (incumbent)	9,899	52.3
	Republican	Ricky Long	9,013	47.7
Total votes			18,912	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2018

2018 Maine State Senate election, District 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael E. Carpenter	7,433	50.7
	Republican	Karen Ann Reynolds	7,226	49.3
Total votes			14,659	100
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harold Stewart	10,838	56.8
	Democratic	Michael E. Carpenter	7,485	43
	Green	Henry John Bear (Write in)	34	0.2
Total votes			19,080	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

References

1. "State Senate District 2, 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 2 - Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
4. "Maine State Senate District 2 - Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 18, 2025.