Maine State Senate election, 2018

Maine State Senate elections, 2018

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The 2018 Maine State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Maine voters will elect state senators in all 35 of the state senate's districts. State senators serve two-year terms in the State Senate.

A primary election on June 12, 2018 determined which candidates appear on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the Maine Secretary of State's website. ^[1]

Following the 2016 state Senate elections, Republicans maintained effective control of the House with 18 members.

The Maine Secretary of State provides both a detailed description of each Senate seat as well as maps for each district, including this statewide Senate map showing all 35 Senate districts. ^[2]

To reclaim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats would need to net one Senate seat. In the election, the Democrats gained four seats, claiming the majority.

Summary of Results by State Senate District ^[3]

State Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st	Troy Jackson		Democrat	Troy Jackson		Democrat
2nd	Michael E. Carpenter		Democrat	Michael E. Carpenter		Democrat
3rd	Rodney Whittemore		Republican	Bradlee Farrin		Republican
4th	Paul Davis		Republican	Paul Davis		Republican
5th	James Dill		Democrat	James Dill		Democrat
6th	Joyce Maker		Republican	Marianne Moore		Republican
7th	Brian Langley		Republican	Louis Luchini		Democrat
8th	Kimberley Rosen		Republican	Kimberley Rosen		Republican
9th	Geoffrey Gratwick		Democrat	Geoffrey Gratwick		Democrat
10th	Andre Cushing III		Republican	Stacey Guerin		Republican
11th	Michael Thibodeau		Republican	Erin Herbig		Democrat
12th	David Miramant		Democrat	David Miramant		Democrat
13th	Dana Dow		Republican	Dana Dow		Republican
14th	Shenna Bellows		Democrat	Shenna Bellows		Democrat
15th	Roger Katz		Republican	Matthew Pouliot		Republican
16th	Scott Cyrway		Republican	Scott Cyrway		Republican
17th	Tom Saviello		Republican	Russell Black		Republican
18th	Lisa Keim		Republican	Lisa Keim		Republican
19th	James Hamper		Republican	James Hamper		Republican
20th	Eric Brakey		Republican	Ned Claxton		Democrat
21st	Nate Libby		Democrat	Nate Libby		Democrat
22nd	Garrett Mason		Republican	Jeffrey Timberlake		Republican
23rd	Eloise Vitelli		Democrat	Eloise Vitelli		Democrat
24th	Everett "Brownie" Carson		Democrat	Everett "Brownie" Carson		Democrat
25th	Cathy Breen		Democrat	Cathy Breen		Democrat
26th	Bill Diamond		Democrat	Bill Diamond		Democrat
27th	Ben Chipman		Democrat	Ben Chipman		Democrat
28th	Mark Dion		Democrat	Heather Sanborn		Democrat
29th	Rebecca Millett		Democrat	Rebecca Millett		Democrat
30th	Amy Volk		Republican	Linda Sanborn		Democrat
31st	Justin Chenette		Democrat	Justin Chenette		Democrat
32nd	Susan Deschambault		Democrat	Susan Deschambault		Democrat
33rd	David Woodsome		Republican	David Woodsome		Republican
34th	Ronald Collins		Republican	Robert Foley		Republican
35th	Dawn Hill		Democrat	Mark Lawrence		Democrat

Detailed Results by Maine State Senate District ^{[4] [5]}

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35

District 1

Maine Senate district 1 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Troy Dale Jackson (incumbent)	8,793	60.74%
	Republican	Michael Nadeau	5,683	39.26%
Total votes			14,476	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

Maine Senate district 2 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Carpenter (incumbent)	7,433	50.71%
	Republican	Karen Ann Reynolds	7,226	49.29%
Total votes			14,659	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 3

Maine Senate district 3 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bradlee Farrin	8,876	60.37%
	Democratic	Jeffrey Johnson	5,827	39.63%
Total votes			14,703	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

Maine Senate district 4 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul T. Davis (incumbent)	9,895	65.94%
	Democratic	Susan Mackey Andrews	5,112	34.06%
Total votes			15,007	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

Maine Senate district 5 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Dill (incumbent)	8,789	58.57%
	Republican	Debbi Perkins	5,855	39.02%
	Socialist	Maia Dendinger [lower-alpha 1]	1,124	7.49%
Total votes			15,768	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 6

Maine Senate district 6 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marianne Moore	8,979	61.33%
	Democratic	Christina Therrien	5,661	38.67%
Total votes			14,640	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

Maine Senate district 7 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Louis Luchini	13,363	62.21%
	Republican	Richard Malaby	7,486	34.85%
Total votes			21,482	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 8

Maine Senate district 8 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kimberley Rosen (incumbent)	10,521	58.52%
	Democratic	Beverly Uhlenhake	7,458	41.48%
Total votes			17,978	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

Maine Senate district 9 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Geoffrey Gratwick (incumbent)	9,203	60.57%
	Republican	James LaBrecque	5,990	39.43%
Total votes			15,193	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 10

Maine Senate district 10 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stacey Guerin	10,431	66.16%
	Democratic	William Lippincott	5,336	33.84%
Total votes			15,767	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11

Maine Senate district 11 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Erin Herbig	11,659	58.99%
	Republican	Jayne Crosby Giles	8,100	40.98%
	Independent	Joseph H. Greenier [lower-alpha 2]	7	0.03%
Total votes			19,766	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 12

Maine Senate district 12 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Miramant (incumbent)	12,467	63.42%
	Republican	Wendy Pelletier	7,192	36.58%
Total votes			19,659	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 13

Maine Senate district 13 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dana Dow (incumbent)	10,266	50.96%
	Democratic	Laura Fortman	9,881	49.04%
Total votes			20,147	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14

Maine Senate district 14 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shenna Bellows (incumbent)	10,790	57.89%
	Republican	Matthew Stone	7,850	42.11%
Total votes			18,640	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

Maine Senate district 15 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matthew Pouliot	9,497	56.89%
	Democratic	Kellie Julia	7,197	43.11%
Total votes			16,694	100.0
	Republican hold

District 16

Maine Senate district 16 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Cyrway (incumbent)	7,902	50.40%
	Democratic	Karen Kusiak	7,778	49.60%
Total votes			15,680	100.0
	Republican hold

District 17

Maine Senate district 17 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russell Black	9,715	54.52%
	Democratic	Jan Collins	8,105	45.48%
Total votes			17,820	100.0
	Republican hold

District 18

Maine Senate district 18 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Keim (incumbent)	10,966	65.45%
	Democratic	James Wilfong	5,789	34.55%
Total votes			16,755	100.0
	Republican hold

District 19

Maine Senate district 19 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Hamper (incumbent)	10,167	58.33%
	Democratic	Michael McKinney	7,262	41.67%
Total votes			17,429	100.0
	Republican hold

District 20

Maine Senate district 20 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ned Claxton	8,993	50.66%
	Republican	Ellie Espling	8,758	49.34%
Total votes			17,751	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 21

Maine Senate district 21 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nate Libby (incumbent)	8,210	60.42%
	Republican	Nelson Peters, Jr.	5,378	39.58%
Total votes			13,588	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 22

Maine Senate district 22 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeffrey Timberlake	10,572	62.75%
	Democratic	Lois Kilby-Chesley	6,277	37.25%
Total votes			16,849	100.0
	Republican hold

District 23

Maine Senate district 23 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eloise Vitelli (incumbent)	11,580	57.70%
	Republican	Richard Donaldson	8,490	43.30%
Total votes			20,070	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

Maine Senate district 24 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Everett "Brownie" Carson (incumbent)	15,374	67.76%
	Republican	Diana Garcia	7,315	32.24%
Total votes			22,689	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 25

Maine Senate district 25 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cathy Breen (incumbent)	15,348	61.90%
	Republican	Cathleen Nichols	9,448	38.10%
Total votes			24,796	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 26

Maine Senate district 26 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Diamond (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0
	Democratic hold

District 27

Maine Senate district 27 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Chipman (incumbent)	14,729	74.75%
	Independent	Crystal Canney [lower-alpha 3]	4,975	25.25%
Total votes			19,704	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 28

Maine Senate district 28 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Heather Sanborn
Total votes				100.0
	Democratic hold

District 29

Maine Senate district 29 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Millett (incumbent)	15,077	74.30%
	Republican	George Van Syckel	5,215	25.70%
Total votes			20,292	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 30

Maine Senate district 30 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Sanborn	11,170	50.44%
	Republican	Amy Volk (incumbent)	10,975	49.66%
Total votes			22,145	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 31

Maine Senate district 31 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Justin Chenette (incumbent)	12,122	66.48%
	Republican	Stavros Mendros	6,113	33.52%
Total votes			18,235	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 32

Maine Senate district 32 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Deschambault (incumbent)	10,620	62.63%
	Republican	Scott Normandeau	6,338	37.37%
Total votes			16,958	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 33

Maine Senate district 33 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Woodsome (incumbent)	9,030	58.91%
	Democratic	John Tuttle	6,298	41.09%
Total votes			15,328	100.0
	Republican hold

District 34

Maine Senate district 34 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Foley	10,456	51.68%
	Democratic	Thomas Wright	9,776	48.32%
Total votes			20,232	100.0
	Republican hold

District 35

Maine Senate district 35 General Election, 2018 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Lawrence	13,408	62.48%
	Republican	Michael Estes	8,050	37.52%
Total votes			21,458	100.0
	Democratic hold

1. Listed on ballot as "Maine Socialist Party."
2. Qualified write-in candidate
3. Listed on ballot as "Unenrolled, Independent."

See also

• United States elections, 2018
• United States Senate election in Maine, 2018
• United States House of Representatives elections in Maine, 2018
• Maine gubernatorial election, 2018
• Maine House of Representatives election, 2018
• Maine Question 1, June 2018

References

1. "Tabulations for Elections held June 12, 2018". Maine Secretary of State . Retrieved August 27, 2018.
2. "Electoral Districts Based on the 2010 Census (2011 - 2021)". Maine Secretary of State . Retrieved August 27, 2018.
3. "Maine State Senate elections, 2018". Ballotpedia . Retrieved August 27, 2018.
4. "Maine State Senate elections, 2018". Ballotpedia . Retrieved August 27, 2018.
5. "Election Results". Maine Secretary of State . Retrieved August 27, 2018.
6. "Official Results - 2018 Maine State Senate elections". December 1, 2018.