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Maine State Senate
Maine State Legislature
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Type
Type
Term limits
4 terms (8 years) consecutive
History
New session started
December 4, 2024
Leadership
Mattie Daughtry (D)
since December 4, 2024
Majority Leader
Teresa Pierce (D)
since December 4, 2024
Minority Leader
Trey Stewart (R)
since December 7, 2022
Structure
Seats35
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Political groups
Majority
  •    Democratic (20)

Minority

Independents

Length of term
2 years
AuthorityArticle IV, Part Second, Maine Constitution
SalarySession 1: $13,526/year
Session 2: $9,661/year + per diem
Elections
Last election
November 5, 2024
(all 35 seats)
Next election
November 3, 2026
(all 35 seats)
RedistrictingLegislative control
Meeting place
State Senate Chamber
Maine State House
Augusta, Maine
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Website
Maine State Senate

The Maine Senate is the upper house of the Maine Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. The Senate currently consists of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state, though the Maine Constitution allows for "an odd number of Senators, not less than 31 nor more than 35". [1] Unlike the lower House, the Senate does not set aside nonvoting seats for Native tribes. Because it is a part-time position, members of the Maine Senate usually have outside employment as well.

The Senate meets at the Maine State House in Augusta. Members are limited to four consecutive terms with each term being two years but may run again after a two-year wait.

Leadership

Unlike many U.S. states, the Senate's leader is not the lieutenant governor, as Maine does not have a lieutenant governor. Instead, the Senate chooses its own president, who is also the first in the line of gubernatorial succession.

Composition of the 132nd (2024–2026) Maine Senate

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican Independ. Vacant
Begin 126th Legislature (Dec. 2012)19151350
End 126th Legislature
Begin 127th Legislature (Dec. 2014) [a] 14210350
End 127th Legislature1520
Begin 128th Legislature (Dec. 2016)17180350
End 128th Legislature
Begin 129th Legislature (Dec. 2018)21140350
End 129th Legislature
Begin 130th Legislature (Dec. 2020) [b] 22130350
End 130th Legislature
Begin 131st Legislature (Dec. 2022)22130350
End 131st Legislature12341
Begin 132nd Legislature (Dec. 2024)20150350
June 24, 2025 [c] 141
Latest voting share

Officers

PositionNameParty
President of the Senate Mattie Daughtry Dem
Majority Leader Teresa Pierce Dem
Assistant Majority Leader Jill Duson Dem
Minority Leader Trey Stewart Rep
Assistant Minority Leader Matthew Harrington Rep
Secretary of the SenateDarek GrantNon-Partisan
Assistant Secretary of the SenateJared RoyNon-Partisan

Members of the Maine Senate

Districts are currently numbered starting with 1 from north to south. While this is often reversed in the decennial redistricting, it was not reversed in the redistricting which occurred in 2021 and which went into effect beginning with the 2022 primary and general elections. The previous district lines, which were drawn in 2013 and were first used in the 2014 primary and general elections, were only in effect for 8 years rather than the usual 10 as Maine adjusted its legislative redistricting cycle to conform with most other states.

↑ denotes that the Senator first won in a special election

DistrictSenatorPartyMun. of residenceCty. of residenceFirst electedTerm limited
1 Susan Bernard Rep Caribou Aroostook 20242032
2 Trey Stewart Rep Presque Isle Aroostook 20202028
3 Brad Farrin Rep Norridgewock Somerset 20182026
4 Stacey Guerin Rep Glenburn Penobscot 20182026
5 Russell Black Rep Wilton Franklin 20182026
6 Marianne Moore Rep Calais Washington 20182026
7 Nicole Grohoski Dem Ellsworth Hancock 2022↑2030
8 Mike Tipping Dem Orono Penobscot 20222030
9 Joe Baldacci Dem Bangor Penobscot 20202028
10 David Haggan Rep Hampden Penobscot 20242032
11 Chip Curry Dem Belfast Waldo 20202028
12 Pinny Beebe-Center Dem Rockland Knox 20222030
13 Cameron Reny Dem Bristol Lincoln 20222030
14 Craig Hickman Dem Winthrop Kennebec 2021↑2028
15 Richard Bradstreet Rep Vassalboro Kennebec 20242032
16 Scott Cyrway Rep Albion Kennebec 2024 (2014–2022)2032
17 Jeff Timberlake Rep Turner Androscoggin 20182026
18 Rick Bennett Ind [2] Oxford Oxford 2020 (1996–2004)2028
19 Joseph Martin Rep Rumford Oxford 20242032
20 Bruce Bickford Rep Auburn Androscoggin 20242032
21 Peggy Rotundo Dem Lewiston Androscoggin 20222030
22 James Libby Rep Standish Cumberland 2022 (1996–2000)2030
23 Mattie Daughtry Dem Brunswick Cumberland 20202028
24 Denise Tepler Dem Topsham Sagadahoc 20242032
25 Teresa Pierce Dem Falmouth Cumberland 20222030
26 Tim Nangle Dem Windham Cumberland 20222030
27 Jill Duson Dem Portland Cumberland 20222030
28 Rachel Talbot Ross Dem Portland Cumberland 20242032
29 Anne Carney Dem Cape Elizabeth Cumberland 20202028
30 Stacy Brenner Dem Scarborough Cumberland 20202028
31 Donna Bailey Dem Saco York 20202028
32 Henry Ingwersen Dem Arundel York 20222030
33 Matthew Harrington Rep Sanford York 20222030
34 Joe Rafferty Dem Kennebunk York 20202028
35 Mark Lawrence Dem Eliot York 2018 (1992–2000)2026

Past composition of the Senate

Notable former members

Notes

  1. Includes a provisionally sworn-in Republican Sen.-elect who was subsequently revealed to have lost her election and replaced with the actual winner, a Democrat.
  2. Includes a Sen.-elect who declined to take the oath of office.
  3. Rick Bennett (R-18) leaves the Republican Party to become an Independent. [2]

References

  1. Maine Constitution Article IV. -- Part Second.Senate.
  2. 1 2 Ohm, Rachel (June 24, 2025). "Maine Sen. Rick Bennett announces run for governor as an independent". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved June 24, 2025. Bennett, a longtime Republican lawmaker from Oxford, said in an interview Monday that he would be unenrolling from the Republican party and that he is running for governor to bring a new approach to the office.