2024 Maine House of Representatives election

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2024 Maine House of Representatives election
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  2022 November 5, 20242026 

All 151 seats in the Maine House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Rachel Talbot Ross
(term-limited)
Billy Bob Faulkingham None
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Leader's seat108th12thNone
Last election82672
Current seats79682
Seats neededSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 8Increase2.svg 74

2024 Maine House of Representatives election map.svg
Map of the incumbents:
     Democratic incumbent
     Republican incumbent
     Independent incumbent

Incumbent Speaker

Rachel Talbot Ross
Democratic



The 2024 Maine House of Representatives election will be held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections. [1]

Contents

Retirements

Thirty incumbents will not seek re-election. [1]

Democrats

  1. District 9: Anne C. Perry is term-limited.
  2. District 20: Kevin O'Connell is retiring.
  3. District 40: Stanley Zeigler is term-limited.
  4. District 59: Raegan LaRochelle is retiring to run for State Senate.
  5. District 64: Colleen Madigan is term-limited.
  6. District 86: Jessica Fay is term-limited.
  7. District 88: Kathy Shaw is retiring.
  8. District 93: Margaret Craven is term-limited.
  9. District 96: Michel Lajoie is retiring.
  10. District 108: Maureen Terry is term-limited.
  11. District 109: James Boyle is retiring.
  12. District 110: Stephen Moriarty is retiring.
  13. District 114: Benjamin Collings is term-limited.
  14. District 118: Rachel Talbot Ross is term-limited (running for State Senate).
  15. District 123: Rebecca Millett is retiring.
  16. District 129: Margaret O'Neil is term-limited.
  17. District 132: Erin Sheehan is retiring.

Republicans

  1. District 1: Austin Theriault is retiring to run for U.S. House.
  2. District 10: Kenneth Davis Jr. is retiring.
  3. District 18: Meldon Carmichael is retiring.
  4. District 33: Danny Costain is retiring.
  5. District 36: David Haggan is term-limited (running for State Senate).
  6. District 61: Richard Bradstreet is term-limited (running for State Senate).
  7. District 63: Scott Cyrway is retiring to run for State Senate.
  8. District 72: Larry Dunphy is retiring.
  9. District 73: Mike Soboleski is retiring to run for U.S. House.
  10. District 79: John Andrews is retiring.
  11. District 81: Sawin Millett is retiring to run for Oxford County Commission. [2]
  12. District 82: Caleb Ness is retiring.
  13. District 136: Heidi H. Sampson is term-limited.

Resignations

Two seats were left vacant on the day of the general election due to resignations in 2024.

Democrats

  1. District 14: Lynne Williams resigned April 1 to become a worker's compensation mediator for the State of Maine. [3]
  2. District 51: Rebecca Jauch resigned May 6 to accept a position with the National Marine Fisheries Service's Office of Sustainable Fisheries. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Maine House of Representatives elections, 2024". Ballotpedia . Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  2. Sherlock, Steve (April 9, 2024). "Oxford County Commissioners Steven Merrill and David Duguay stepping down". Sun Journal . Retrieved May 14, 2024. Unless an independent candidate steps up, Merrill will be replaced by Sawin Millett of Waterford.
  3. Cover, Susan (April 9, 2024). "Bar Harbor Democrat resigns from Maine House to take new job". Spectrum News . Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  4. Billings, Randy (May 8, 2024). "Topsham representative resigns from House seat". Portland Press Herald . Retrieved May 14, 2024.