Maine's 7th State Senate district

Maine's 7th State Senate district
Senator	Nicole Grohoski D – Ellsworth
Registration	41.1%  Democratic 25.2%  Republican 33.7%  No party preference
Population (2020)	38,183 [1]

Maine's 7th State Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Maine Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Nicole Grohoski since 2022.

Geography

District 7 is made up of the southwestern corner of Hancock County.It also includes the town of Isle au Haut of Knox County. ^[2]

Hancock County - 67.3% of county

Knox County - 0.2% of county

Hancock:

City:

• Ellsworth

Towns:

• Bar Harbor
• Blue Hill
• Brooklin
• Brooksville
• Castine
• Cranberry Isles
• Deer Isle
• Frenchboro
• Lamoine
• Mount Desert
• Orland
• Penobscot
• Sedgwick
• Southwest Harbor
• Surry
• Swans Island
• Tremont
• Trenton
• Verona Island

Knox:

Town:

• Isle au Haut

Recent election results

Source: ^[3]

2022 - Special

2022 Maine State Senate special election, District 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicole Grohoski	6,506	63.4
	Republican	Brian Langley	3,635	35.4
	Green	Benjamin Meiklejohn	115	1.1
Total votes			10,256	100.0
	Democratic hold

Elections prior to 2022 were held under different district lines.

2022

2022 Maine State Senate election, District 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicole Grohoski	12,811	59
	Republican	Brian Langley	8,913	41
Total votes			21,724	100.0
	Democratic hold

2024

2024 Maine State Senate election, District 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicole Grohoski	15,962	62
	Republican	Sherman Hitchens	9,606	38
Total votes			25,298	100.0
	Democratic hold

Historical election results

Source: ^[4]

2012

2012 Maine State Senate election, District 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Millett	13,950	64.2
	Republican	Michael Wallace	7,788	35.8
Total votes			21,738	100

2014

2014 Maine State Senate election, District 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Langley	10,384	53.2
	Democratic	Theodore Koffman	8,458	43.3
	Blank votes	None	674	3.5
Total votes			19,517	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2016

2016 Maine State Senate election, District 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Langley	13,218	55.8
	Democratic	Moira O'Neill	10,476	44.2
Total votes			23,694	100
	Republican hold

2018

2018 Maine State Senate election, District 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Louis Luchini	13,361	64.1
	Republican	Richard Malaby	7,486	35.9
Total votes			20,849	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2020

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Louis Luchini	14,280	55
	Republican	Brian Langley	11,672	45
Total votes			25,952	100
	Democratic hold

References

1. "State Senate District 7, 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 7 - Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
4. "Maine State Senate District 7 - Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 18, 2025.