2020 Maine Senate election

Not to be confused with 2020 United States Senate election in Maine.

2020 Maine Senate election

November 3, 2020
All 35 seats in the Maine Senate 18 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Troy Jackson Dana Dow Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 1st 13th (lost re-election) Seats before 21 14 Seats won 22 13 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 418,062 369,474 Percentage 52.9% 46.7% Swing 3.0% 3.5%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain
Senate President before election Troy Jackson Democratic Elected Senate President Troy Jackson Democratic

The 2020 Maine State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election using instant-runoff voting being held on July 14, 2020, to elect the 130th Maine Senate. Voters in all 35 districts of the Maine State Senate will elect their senators. The elections will coincide with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Maine House of Representatives. Republicans only needed to gain four seats to win control of the chamber; they instead gained only one and lost another two, resulting in a net increase in the Democratic Party's majority.

The primary elections were held on July 14, 2020.

Background

In the 2018 Maine State Senate elections, Democrats gained control of Maine State Senate by a 21–14 margin. Before those elections, Republicans had controlled the chamber since 2014 Maine State Senate elections.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Lean D	October 21, 2020

Results

Overview

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22	13
Democratic	Republican

Results

Parties		Candidates	Popular Vote		Seats
			Vote	%	2018	2020	+/−	Strength
	Democratic	35	418,062	52.85%	21	22	1	62.86%
	Republican	33	369,474	46.71%	14	13	1	37.14%
	Independent	2	3,479	0.44%	0	0		0.00%
Total		70	791,015	100.00%	35	35		100.00%

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 13, 2.96% gain
2. District 34, 3.72% gain
3. District 20, 6.84%
4. District 11, 8.32%
5. District 30, 9.6%

Detailed results

Source: Official candidate listings.

District 1

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Troy Dale Jackson (incumbent)	10,037	59.37
	Republican	Brian Schaefer	7,485	40.63
Total votes			18,422	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 2

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harold "Trey" Stewart	10,838	56.90
	Democratic	Michael Carpenter (incumbent)	8,208	43.10
Total votes			19,705	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brad Farrin (incumbent)	12,920	68.44
	Democratic	Katherine Wilder	5,957	31.56
Total votes			18,877	100.00
	Republican hold

District 4

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 4

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul T. Davis (Incumbent)	2,910	67.7%
	Republican	Douglas Thomas	1,388	32.3%
Total votes			4,298	100.0%
General election
	Republican	Paul T. Davis (Incumbent)	14,817	76.20
	Democratic	David Ziemer	4,629	23.80
Total votes			19,446	100.00
	Republican hold

District 5

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Dill (incumbent)	11,571	57.99
	Republican	Christian Ireland	8,381	42.01
Total votes			19,952	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 6

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marianne Moore (incumbent)	11,853	62.82
	Democratic	Jeffrey Lovit	6,793	37.18
Total votes			18,869	100.00
	Republican hold

District 7

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 7

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Langley	2,817	72.3%
	Republican	John Linnehan	1,081	27.7%
Total votes			3,898	100.0%
General election
	Democratic	Louis Luchini (Incumbent)	14,280	55.02
	Republican	Brian Langley	11,672	44.98
Total votes			25,952	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 8

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 8

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beverly Uhlenhake	2,256	67.6%
	Democratic	Trudy Scee	1,080	32.4%
Total votes			3,336	100.0%
	Republican	Kimberley Rosen (Incumbent)	2,082	50.6%
	Republican	Lawrence Lockman	2,030	49.4%
Total votes			4,112	100.0%
General election
	Republican	Kimberley Rosen (Incumbent)	13,113	57.83
	Democratic	Beverly Uhlenhake	8,332	36.74
	Independent	Teresa Montague	1,231	5.43
Total votes			22,676	100.00
	Republican hold

District 9

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 9

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baldacci	2,065	52.8%
	Democratic	Victoria Kornfield	1,847	47.2%
Total votes			3,912	100.0%
General election
	Democratic	Joe Baldacci	10,960	55.04
	Republican	Sean Hinkley	6,706	33.67
	Independent	Kristie Miner	2,248	11.29
Total votes			19,914	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 10

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 10

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stacey Guerin (incumbent)	14,508	69.80
	Democratic	Frederick Austin	6,278	30.20
Total votes			20,786	100.00
	Republican hold

District 11

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 11 - Round 1

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn Curry	1,858	44.58%
	Democratic	Robyn Stanicki	1,280	30.71%
	Democratic	Charles Pattavina	1,030	24.71%
Total votes			4,168	100.00%

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 11 - Round 2

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn Curry	2,244	56.74%
	Democratic	Robyn Stanicki	1,711	43.26%
	Democratic	Charles Pattavina	0	0.00%
Total votes			3,955	100.00%
General election
	Democratic	Glenn Curry	12,789	54.16
	Republican	Duncan Milne	10,826	45.84
Total votes			23,615	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 12

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 12

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Miramant (incumbent)	14,049	57.60
	Republican	Gordon Page	10,342	42.40
Total votes			24,391	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 13

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chloe Maxmin	12,806	51.48
	Republican	Dana Dow (incumbent)	12,072	48.52
Total votes			24,878	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 14

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 14

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shenna Bellows (Incumbent)	4,285	90.9%
	Democratic	Danielle Grondin-Stevens	431	9.1%
Total votes			4,716	100.0%
General election
	Democratic	Shenna Bellows (Incumbent)	12,998	56.06
	Republican	Mark Walker	10,189	43.94
Total votes			23,737	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 15

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matthew Pouliot (incumbent)	12,167	57.38
	Democratic	Kalie Hess	9,039	42.62
Total votes			21,206	100.00
	Republican hold

District 16

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Cyrway (incumbent)	11,456	56.22
	Democratic	Hilary Koch	8,920	43.78
Total votes			20,376	100.00
	Republican hold

District 17

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russell Black (incumbent)	12,776	58.58
	Democratic	Jan Collins	9,032	41.42
Total votes			21,808	100.00
	Republican hold

District 18

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Keim (incumbent)	14,247	67.56
	Democratic	Gabriel Perkins	6,840	32.44
Total votes			21,087	100.00
	Republican hold

District 19

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Bennett	13,581	59.61
	Democratic	Katherine Branch	9,202	40.39
Total votes			22,783	100.00
	Republican hold

District 20

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ned Claxton (incumbent)	11,884	53.42
	Republican	Matthew Leonard	10,361	46.58
Total votes			22,245	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 21

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 21

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nathan Libby (incumbent)	10,171	59.64
	Republican	Timothy Gallant	6,882	40.36
Total votes			17,053	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 22

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 22

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Timberlake (incumbent)	13,270	60.65
	Democratic	Martha Poliquin	8,610	39.35
Total votes			21,880	100.00
	Republican hold

District 23

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 23

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eloise Vitelli (incumbent)	13,810	55.84
	Republican	Holly Kopp	10,922	44.16
Total votes
	Democratic hold

District 24

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 24

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthea Daughtry	6,902	79.6%
	Democratic	Stan Gerzofsky	1,769	20.4%
Total votes			8,671	100.0%
General election
	Democratic	Matthea Daughtry	18,297	66.17
	Republican	Brad Pattershall	9,353	33.83
Total votes			27,650	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 25

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 25

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Catherine Breen (incumbent)	18,587	61.98
	Republican	Jennifer White	11,404	38.02
Total votes			29,991	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 26

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 26

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Diamond (incumbent)	14,267	60.75
	Republican	Karen Lockwood	9,219	39.25
Total votes			23,486	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 27

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 27

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benjamin Chipman (Incumbent)	21,514	100.00
Total votes			21,514	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 28

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 28

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Heather Sanborn (Incumbent)	20,173	100.00
Total votes			20,173	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 29

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 29

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anne Carney	4,931	57.6%
	Democratic	Sari Greene	2,537	29.6%
	Democratic	Eben Rose	1,098	12.8%
Total votes			8,566	100.0%
General election
	Democratic	Anne Carney	16,847	67.21
	Republican	Stephanie Anderson	8,221	32.79
Total votes			25,068	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 30

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 30

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stacy Brenner	14,960	53.93
	Republican	Sara Rivard	12,778	46.07
Total votes			27,738	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 31

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 31

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donna Bailey	13,266	54.65
	Republican	Craig Pendleton	11,007	45.35
Total votes			24,273	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 32

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Deschambault (incumbent)	12,838	57.18
	Republican	Robert Daigle	9,612	42.82
Total votes			22,450	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 33

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 33

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Woodsome (incumbent)	13,408	62.79
	Democratic	Michael McKinney	7,947	37.21
Total votes			21,355	100.00
	Republican hold

District 34

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 34

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Rafferty	13,949	51.86
	Republican	Michael Pardue	12,947	48.14
Total votes			26,896	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 35

2020 Maine State Senate election, District 35

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Lawrence (incumbent)	17,099	62.63
	Republican	Bradley Moulton	10,204	37.37
Total votes			27,303	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

• 2020 Maine elections
• List of Maine state legislatures

External links

• Elections & Voting division of the Maine Secretary of State
• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Maine", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Maine: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Maine". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Maine 2019 & 2020 Elections, OpenSecrets