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2024 Maine House of Representatives election

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2024 Maine House of Representatives election

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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 seat 108th 12th None
Last election 82 67 2
Current seats 79 68 2
Seats needed Steady Increase 8 Increase 74

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]

Retirements

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

Democrats

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  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 75: H. Scott Landry is retiring.
  7. District 86: Jessica Fay is term-limited.
  8. District 88: Kathy Shaw is retiring.
  9. District 93: Margaret Craven is term-limited.
  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.
  18. District 145: Daniel Hobbs is retiring.

Republicans

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  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 81: Sawin Millett is retiring to run for Oxford County Commission.[2]
  10. District 82: Caleb Ness is retiring.
  11. District 136: Heidi H. Sampson is term-limited.

Independents

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  1. District 83: Walter Riseman is retiring.

Resignations

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

Democrats

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  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]

Republicans

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  1. District 79: John Andrews resigned June 12 after Mike Soboleski lost the primary for Maine's 2nd congressional district.[5]

Incumbents defeated

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In primary election

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Two incumbent representatives, one Democrat and one Republican, were defeated in the June 11 primary election.

Democrats

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  1. District 65: Bruce A. White lost renomination to Cassie Julia.[6]

Republicans

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  1. District 98: Joseph C. Galletta lost renomination to Guy Lebida.[7]

Summary of results

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Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party.

State House District Incumbent Party Elected Representative Party
1st Austin Theriault Rep
2nd Roger Albert Rep
3rd Mark Babin Rep
4th Timothy Guerrette Rep
5th Joseph F. Underwood Rep
6th Donald Ardell Rep
7th Gregory Swallow Rep
8th Tracy Quint Rep
9th Anne C. Perry Dem
10th Kenneth Ralph Davis, Jr. Rep
11th Tiffany Strout Rep
12th Billy Bob Faulkingham Rep
13th J. Mark Worth Dem
14th Vacant[8]
15th Holly Eaton Dem
16th Nina Milliken Dem
17th Ronald B. Russell Dem
18th Meldon Carmichael Rep
19th Richard H. Campbell Rep
20th Kevin O'Connell Dem
21st Ambureen Rana Dem
22nd Laura Supica Dem
23rd Amy Roeder Dem
24th Joe Perry Dem
25th Laurie Osher Dem
26th James Dill Dem
27th Gary Drinkwater Rep
28th Irene Gifford Rep
29th Kathy Javner Rep
30th James Lee White Rep
31st Chad R. Perkins Rep
32nd Steven D. Foster Rep
33rd Danny Costain Rep
34th Abigail W. Griffin Rep
35th James E. Thorne Rep
36th David Haggan Rep
37th Reagan Paul Rep
38th Benjamin C. Hymes Rep
39th Janice Dodge Dem
40th Stanley Zeigler Dem
41st Victoria Doudera Dem
42nd Valli Geiger Dem
43rd Ann Matlack Dem
44th William Pluecker Ind
45th Abden Simmons[9] Rep
46th Lydia Crafts Dem
47th Edward Polewarczyk Rep
48th Holly Stover Dem
49th Allison Hepler Dem
50th David Sinclair[10] Dem
51st Vacant[11]
52nd Sally Jeane Cluchey Dem
53rd Michael Lemelin Rep
54th Karen Montell Dem
55th Daniel Shagoury Dem
56th Randall Greenwood Rep
57th Tavis Hasenfus Dem
58th Daniel J. Newman Rep
59th Raegan LaRochelle Dem
60th William Bridgeo Dem
61st Richard Bradstreet Rep
62nd Katrina Smith Rep
63rd Scott Cyrway Rep
64th Colleen Madigan Dem
65th Bruce A. White Dem
66th Robert Nutting Rep
67th Shelley Rudnicki Rep
68th Amanda Collamore Rep
69th Dean Cray Rep
70th Jennifer Poirier Rep
71st John Ducharme Rep
72nd Larry Dunphy Rep
73rd Michael Soboleski Rep
74th Randall C. Hall Rep
75th H. Scott Landry Dem
76th Sheila A. Lyman Rep
77th Tammy Schmersal-Burgess Rep
78th Rachel Ann Henderson Rep
79th Vacant[5]
80th Caldwell Jackson Rep
81st Sawin Millett Rep
82nd Caleb Joshua Ness Rep
83rd Walter N. Riseman Ind
84th Mark Walker Rep
85th Kimberly Pomerleau Rep
86th Jessica Fay Dem
87th David Boyer Rep
88th Kathleen A. "Kathy" Shaw Dem
89th Adam R. Lee Dem
90th Laurel Libby Rep
91st Joshua Morris Rep
92nd Stephen J. Wood Rep
93rd Margaret Craven Dem
94th Kristen Cloutier Dem
95th Mana Abdi Dem
96th Michel Lajoie Dem
97th Richard G. "Rick" Mason Rep
98th Joseph C. Galletta Rep
99th Cheryl Golek Dem
100th Daniel Ankeles Dem
101st Poppy Arford Dem
102nd Melanie Sachs Dem
103rd Arthur L. Bell Dem
104th Amy Arata Rep
105th Anne P. Graham Dem
106th Barbara Bagshaw Rep
107th Jane Pringle Dem
108th Maureen Terry Dem
109th James Boyle Dem
110th Stephen Moriarty Dem
111th Amy Kuhn Dem
112th W. Edward Crockett Dem
113th Grayson Lookner Dem
114th Benjamin Collings Dem
115th Michael F. Brennan Dem
116th Samuel Zager Dem
117th Matthew Moonen Dem
118th Rachel Talbot Ross Dem
119th Charles Skold Dem
120th Deqa Dhalac Dem
121st Christopher Kessler Dem
122nd Matthew D. Beck[12] Dem
123rd Rebecca Millett Dem
124th Sophia Warren Dem
125th Kelly Noonan Murphy Dem
126th Andrew Gattine Dem
127th Morgan Rielly Dem
128th Suzanne Salisbury Dem
129th Margaret O'Neil Dem
130th Lynn Copeland Dem
131st Lori Gramlich Dem
132nd Erin Sheehan Dem
133rd Marc Malon Dem
134th Traci Gere Dem
135th Daniel Sayre Dem
136th Heidi Sampson Rep
137th Nathan Carlow Rep
138th Mark Blier Rep
139th David Woodsome Rep
140th Wayne Parry Rep
141st Lucas Lanigan Rep
142nd Anne-Marie Mastraccio Dem
143rd Ann Marie Fredericks Rep
144th Jeffrey S. Adams Rep
145th Daniel Hobbs Dem
146th Walter Runte Dem
147th Holly Sargent Dem
148th Thomas Lavigne Rep
149th Tiffany Danielle Roberts Dem
150th Michele Meyer Dem
151st Kristi Mathieson Dem
Non-Voting Members
Passamaquoddy Aaron Dana NVT[a] NVT
Maliseet Zeke Crofton-Macdonald NVT[a] NVT

Sources: [13][14][15]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Non-voting tribal member

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.
  5. ^ a b Bartow, Adam (June 13, 2024). "'This absolutely disgusts me': Maine lawmaker resigns following primary results". WMTW. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  6. ^ Kobin, Billy (June 11, 2024). "Progressive challenger unseats anti-abortion Democrat in Maine House primary". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  7. ^ Shepherd, Michael (June 11, 2024). "Hampden's David Haggan ousts Brewer-area state senator in Republican primary". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved June 12, 2024. The only Republican lawmaker ousted was Rep. Joseph Galletta, R-Durham, who was recently singled out by the Portland Press Herald for missing two-thirds of the Legislature's days this year.
  8. ^ Hilton, Annmarie (April 9, 2024). "Bar Harbor representative resigns early for unforeseen professional opportunity". Maine Morning Star.
  9. ^ "Republicans flip Maine House District 45 seat in special election". News Center Maine. June 13, 2023.
  10. ^ Claffey, Jason (November 13, 2023). "Bath Democrat sworn in as newest member of Maine House". The Portland Press Herald.
  11. ^ Billings, Randy (May 8, 2024). "Topsham representative resigns from House seat". The Portland Press Herald.
  12. ^ Cover, Susan (March 5, 2024). "Democrat wins South Portland House district". Spectrum Local News-Maine.
  13. ^ "Maine House of Representatives elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  14. ^ "Maine House of Representatives". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  15. ^ "131st Legislature Members by District". Maine House of Representatives. Retrieved May 26, 2024.