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Maine 2010 legislative election results
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Maine State Senate Election Results
This page contains macro-level election results and analysis for the Maine State Senate. For results in individual contests see our Maine State Senate elections, 2010 page. The following is a breakdown of the state senate before and after the election:
| Maine State Senate | |||
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| Party | As of November 1, 2010 | After the 2010 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 20 | 14 | |
| Republican Party | 15 | 20 | |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 35 | 35 | |
What You'll See on This Page
This page displays the following lists of candidates
- Incumbents who ran on November 2
- Incumbents who were defeated
- Challengers who defeated an incumbent
- Newly elected senators
- List of all winners
- Unopposed candidates
- Third party candidates
State Senate Overview:
- There were 25 incumbents who ran in the November 2 general election. Only 4 incumbents lost, and thus 21 incumbents were re-elected to the Maine State Senate.
- 1 Republican incumbents lost in the general election, while 3 Democratic incumbents lost.
- There will be 14 new senators sworn-in. Of those 13, 2 are Democrats, 11 are Republicans, and 1 is an independent.
- Of the 35 seats up for election, 14 were won by Democrats, 20 by Republicans, and 1 by an independent.
- 2 candidates were unopposed, 1 Democrat and 1 Republicans.
- Only 5 candidates ran as an independent or third party candidate in the general election.
Incumbency Analysis
Of the 1,167 state senate seats up for election in 2010, incumbents ran for 894 (76.6%) of them. Of these 894, 94 lost their re-election bids, 89 Democrats and 5 Republicans. In Maine, 10 incumbent senators did not run for re-election on the November 2 ballot, while 25 incumbents (71.4%) ran for re-election. Of these 25 incumbents, 4 were defeated. Of those 4, 3 were Democrats and 1 was a Republican.
Incumbents who ran on November 2
The following is a list of all of the incumbents who ran on the November 2 general election ballot:
- Jonathan Courtney
- Nancy Sullivan
- Barry Hobbins
- Philip Bartlett
- Lawrence Bliss
- Justin Alfond
- Joseph Brannigan
- Stan Gerzofsky
- Gerald Davis
- Deborah Simpson
- David Hastings
- Bill Diamond
- Margaret Craven
- John Nutting
- Seth Goodall
- David Trahan
- Earle McCormick
- Christopher Rector (Maine)
- Kevin Raye
- Elizabeth Schneider
- Richard Rosen
- Joseph Perry (Maine)
- Debra Plowman
- Roger Sherman
- Troy Dale Jackson
Incumbents defeated
The following is a list of incumbents defeated on November 2:
| Candidate | Party | District |
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| Gerald Davis | ||
| Deborah Simpson | ||
| John Nutting | ||
| Joseph Perry (Maine) |
Challengers who beat an incumbent
The following is a list of challengers who defeated an incumbent on November 2:
| Candidate | Party | District |
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| Richard Woodbury | ||
| Lois Snowe Mello | ||
| Garrett Mason | ||
| Nichi Farnham |
New State Senators and General Election Winners
388 new senators were elected across the country. This includes challengers who defeated incumbents as well as candidates who won open seats. Of these 388, 278 were Republicans and 110 were Democrats. In Maine, 14 new senators will be sworn-in. Of those 14, 2 are Democrats, 11 are Republicans, and 1 is an Independent. In the 10 open seat contests, Republicans won 8 and Democrats 2. In total, Maine elected 35 senators, 20 Republicans, 14 Democrats, and 1 independent.
Newly elected senators
The following are the newly-elected members of the Maine State Senate:
Democratic
Republican
Other
Open Seat Winners
The following is a list of candidates who won election in seats where no incumbent was running:
Democratic
Republican
Candidates who won election
The following is a list of all candidates elected to the Maine State Senate:
Democratic
Republican
- Ronald Collins
- Jonathan Courtney
- Lois Snowe Mello
- David Hastings
- Garrett Mason
- Thomas Saviello
- David Trahan
- Earle McCormick
- Christopher Rector (Maine)
- Michael Thibodeau
- Roger Katz
- Rodney Whittemore
- Douglas Thomas
- Brian Langley
- Kevin Raye
- Richard Rosen
- Nichi Farnham
- Debra Plowman
- Roger Sherman
- Thomas Martin Jr.
Other
Competitiveness
Across the nation, 1,167 state senate seats were up for election in 2010. 1,143 of those seats were partisan seats (24 seats were up for election in Nebraska's nonpartisan unicameral legislature). In 320 (28.0%) of these state senate contests, there was a major party candidate with no major party opposition. In Maine, 1 candidates (2.86% of seats) faced no major party opposition.
Unopposed candidates in general election
The following candidates did not face major party competition:
Republican
Ballot Access
Across the nation, 140 independent or third party candidates ran for state senate. In Maine, 5 (7.0%) of the 71 senate candidates ran as an independent or third party candidate. One of those candidates, Richard Woodbury, won election in the November 2 general election.
Third party candidates
The following is a list of third party and independent candidates who ran in 2010:
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Maine State House Election Results
This page contains macro-level election results and analysis for the Maine House of Representatives. For results in individual contests, see our Maine House of Representatives elections, 2010. The following is a breakdown of the state house before and after the election:
| Maine House of Representatives | |||
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| Party | As of November 1, 2010 | After the 2010 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 94 | 72 | |
| Republican Party | 55 | 78 | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | |
| Non-voting | 2 | 2 | |
| Vacancy | 1 | - | |
| Total | 153 | 153 | |
What You'll See on This Page
This page displays the following lists of candidates
- Incumbents who ran on November 2
- Incumbents who were defeated
- Challengers who defeated an incumbent
- Newly elected senators
- List of all winners
- Unopposed candidates
- Third party candidates
State House Overview:
- There were 113 incumbents who ran in the November 2 general election. Only 17 incumbents lost, and thus 96 incumbents were re-elected to the Maine House of Representatives.
- No Republican incumbents lost in the general election, while 17 incumbent Democratic incumbent lost.
- There will be 53 new representatives sworn-in. Of those 53, 14 are Democrats and 39 are Republicans
- Of the 151 seats up for election, 52 were won by Democrats, 67 by Republicans, and 1 by an Independent.
- 44 candidates were unopposed, 13 Democrats and 31 Republicans.
- Only 5 candidates ran as an independent or third party candidate in the general election.
Incumbency Analysis
Of the 4,958 state house seats up for election, incumbents ran in the general election for 4,091 (79.5%) of them. Of these 4,091 incumbents, 413 lost their re-election bids, 403 Democrats and 10 Republicans. In Maine, 114 (75.50%) incumbents ran for re-election. Of these 114, 16 incumbent representatives were defeated. All 16 incumbents were Democrats.
Incumbents who ran on November 2
The following is a list of all of the incumbents who ran on the November 2 general election ballot:
- Charles Theriault
- Bernard Ayotte
- Peter Edgecomb
- Tyler Clark
- Richard Cleary
- Herbert Clark
- Everett McLeod, Sr.
- Jeffery Gifford
- Robert Duchesne
- Adam Goode
- Steven Butterfield, II
- Sara Stevens
- James Martin (Maine)
- Emily Ann Cain
- Benjamin Pratt
- Michael Celli
- Peter Johnson
- Dean Cray
- Stacey Fitts
- Howard McFadden
- Dianne Tilton
- Robert Eaton (Maine)
- Elspeth Flemings
- Kimberley Rosen
- Veronica Magnan
- Andrew O'Brien
- Joan Welsh
- Edward Mazurek
- Charles Kruger
- Wesley Richardson
- Jonathan McKane
- Elizabeth Miller
- Leslie Fossel
- H. David Cotta
- Anna Blodgett
- Stephen Hanley
- Kerri Prescott
- W. Bruce MacDonald
- Charles Priest
- Peter Kent
- Alexander Cornell du Houx
- Seth Berry
- Michael Beaulieu
- Brian Bolduc
- Bruce Bickford
- Michel Lajoie
- Michael Carey (Maine)
- Richard Wagner
- Margaret Rotundo
- Stacy Dostie
- Henry Beck
- Robert Nutting
- Sharon Treat
- L. Gary Knight
- Patrick Flood
- Patricia Jones (Maine)
- Jeff McCabe (Maine)
- Philip Curtis
- Paul Gilbert
- Lance Harvell
- Jarrod Crockett
- Matthew Peterson
- Sheryl Briggs
- Teresea Hayes
- Lawrence Sirois
- Helen Rankin
- Ralph Sarty, Jr.
- James Hamper
- Richard Cebra
- Michael Shaw (Maine)
- Dale Crafts
- David Van Wie
- David Webster
- Melissa Innes
- Meredith Strang Burgess
- Mark Bryant
- Gary Plummer (Maine)
- Mary Nelson (Maine)
- Peter Stuckey
- Stephen Lovejoy
- Anne Haskell
- Jon Hinck
- Diane Russell
- Cynthia Dill
- Terry Morrison
- Jane Eberle
- Bryan Kaenrath
- Ann Peoples
- Timothy Driscoll
- Sean Flaherty
- Jane Knapp
- Linda Sanborn
- Robert Hunt
- George Hogan
- Donald Pilon
- Linda Valentino
- Paulette Beaudoin
- Alan Casavant
- Joseph Wagner (Maine)
- Gary Connor
- Edward Legg
- Andrea Boland
- Joan Nass
- Thomas Wright (Maine)
- Mark Eves
- Kathleen Chase
- Windol Weaver
- David C. Burns
- John Tuttle (Maine)
- David Richardson (Maine)
- John L. Martin (Maine)
- Paul T. Davis (Maine state senator)
- Andre Cushing III
Incumbents defeated
The following is a list of incumbents defeated on November 2:
Challengers who beat an incumbent
The following is a list of challengers who defeated an incumbent on November 2:
New Representatives and General Election Winners
1,345 new representatives were elected across the country. This includes challengers who defeated incumbents as well as candidates who won open seats. Of these 1,345, 988 were Republicans and 357 were Democrats. In Maine, 53 new representatives will be sworn-in. Of those 53, 14 are Democrats, 38 are Republicans, and 1 is independent. In the 35 open seat contests, Republicans won 21 and Democrats 14. In total, Maine elected 151 representatives, 78 Republicans, 72 Democrats, and 1 independent.
Newly elected representatives
The following are the newly-elected members of the Maine House of Representatives:
Democratic
Republican
- Stacey Guerin
- Alexander Willette
- Joyce Ann Fitzpatrick
- Ricky Long
- Douglas Damon
- James Parker (Maine)
- David Johnson (Maine)
- Frederick Wintle
- Kenneth Fredette
- Joyce Maker
- Richard Malaby
- James Gillway
- Peter Rioux
- R. Ryan Harmon
- Dana Dow
- Deborah Sanderson
- Susan Morissette
- Karen Foster
- Kimberly Olsen
- Stephen Wood
- Melvin Newendyke
- Dennis Keschl
- John Picchiotti
- Russell Black
- Tom Winsor
- Jeffrey Timberlake
- Paul Waterhouse
- Michael McClellan
- Eleanor Espling
- Amy Volk
- Heather Sirocki
- Aaron Libby
- Wayne Parry
- Paul Bennett
- Beth O'Connor
- Bradley Moulton
- David R. Burns, Maine State Representative
Other
None
Open Seat Winners
The following is a list of candidates who won election in seats where no incumbent was running:
Democratic
Republican
Candidates who won election
The following is a list of all candidates elected to the Maine State Senate:
Democratic
- Charles Theriault
- Herbert Clark
- Robert Duchesne
- James Dill (Maine)
- Adam Goode
- Sara Stevens
- Emily Ann Cain
- Elspeth Flemings
- Walter Kumiega
- Louis Luchini
- Erin Herbig
- Andrew O'Brien
- Joan Welsh
- Edward Mazurek
- Charles Kruger
- Anna Blodgett
- Maeghan Maloney
- Stephen Hanley
- W. Bruce MacDonald
- Michael Clarke
- Charles Priest
- Peter Kent
- Alexander Cornell du Houx
- Seth Berry
- Brian Bolduc
- Michel Lajoie
- Michael Carey (Maine)
- Richard Wagner
- Margaret Rotundo
- Henry Beck
- Thomas Longstaff
- Sharon Treat
- Jeff McCabe (Maine)
- Paul Gilbert
- Matthew Peterson
- Sheryl Briggs
- Helen Rankin
- Michael Shaw (Maine)
- David Webster
- Melissa Innes
- Anne Graham
- Mark Bryant
- Mary Nelson (Maine)
- Mark Dion
- Peter Stuckey
- Stephen Lovejoy
- Anne Haskell
- Jon Hinck
- Benjamin Chipman
- Diane Russell
- Cynthia Dill
- Terry Morrison
- Jane Eberle
- Bryan Kaenrath
- Ann Peoples
- Timothy Driscoll
- Linda Sanborn
- Robert Hunt
- George Hogan
- Donald Pilon
- Linda Valentino
- Paulette Beaudoin
- Megan Rochelo
- Alan Casavant
- Andrea Boland
- Mark Eves
- Roberta Beavers
- Devin Beliveau
- John Tuttle (Maine)
- John L. Martin (Maine)
Republican
- Stacey Guerin
- Bernard Ayotte
- Peter Edgecomb
- Tyler Clark
- Alexander Willette
- Joyce Ann Fitzpatrick
- Ricky Long
- Everett McLeod, Sr.
- Jeffery Gifford
- Douglas Damon
- James Parker (Maine)
- David Johnson (Maine)
- Michael Celli
- Frederick Wintle
- Kenneth Fredette
- Peter Johnson
- Dean Cray
- Stacey Fitts
- Howard McFadden
- Joyce Maker
- Dianne Tilton
- Richard Malaby
- Kimberley Rosen
- James Gillway
- Peter Rioux
- R. Ryan Harmon
- Wesley Richardson
- Dana Dow
- Jonathan McKane
- Deborah Sanderson
- Leslie Fossel
- Susan Morissette
- H. David Cotta
- Karen Foster
- Kerri Prescott
- Kimberly Olsen
- Michael Beaulieu
- Bruce Bickford
- Stephen Wood
- Robert Nutting
- Melvin Newendyke
- L. Gary Knight
- Patrick Flood
- Dennis Keschl
- John Picchiotti
- Philip Curtis
- Lance Harvell
- Russell Black
- Jarrod Crockett
- Tom Winsor
- Jeffrey Timberlake
- Paul Waterhouse
- Ralph Sarty, Jr.
- James Hamper
- Richard Cebra
- Michael McClellan
- Dale Crafts
- Eleanor Espling
- Meredith Strang Burgess
- Gary Plummer (Maine)
- Amy Volk
- Heather Sirocki
- Jane Knapp
- Aaron Libby
- Wayne Parry
- Paul Bennett
- Joan Nass
- Beth O'Connor
- Kathleen Chase
- Bradley Moulton
- Windol Weaver
- David R. Burns, Maine State Representative
- David C. Burns
- David Richardson (Maine)
- Paul T. Davis (Maine state senator)
- Andre Cushing III
Other
None
Competitiveness
Across the nation, 4,958 state house seats were up for election in 2010. In 1,680 (33.9%) of these state house contests, there was a major party candidate with no major party opposition. In Maine, 3 candidates (1.99% of all seats) faced no major party opposition. Of these 3, 1 was a Democrat and 2 were Republicans.
Unopposed candidates in general election
The following candidates did not face major party competition:
Democratic
Republican
Ballot Access
In Maine, 16 house candidates ran as independent or third party candidates. One candidate, Benjamin Chipman (I), won election in the November 2 general election.
Third party candidates
The following is a list of third party and independent candidates who ran in 2010:
National Partisan Trends
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National Partisan Trends
The following tables detail the partisan breakdown of national election results. These results provide context for Republican gains in Maine.
Incumbents who were defeated in the general election
Across the nation, only 15 Republican incumbents were defeated while 492 Democratic incumbents were defeated. In total, 507 (10.4%) of the 4,872 incumbents running in the general election were defeated. The following is a breakdown of incumbent defeats in the 2010 general election:
The following is the breakdown of incumbents who lost.
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| Party | Senate | House | Total |
| Democratic | 89 | 403 | 492 |
| Republican | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| TOTALS | 94 | 413 | 507 |
Total new legislators elected
In total, 1,733 (28.3%) new legislators were elected in 2010. Of these 1,733, 1,266 (73.1%) are Republicans and 467 (26.9%) are Democrats.
The following is the breakdown of new legislators.
| New Legislators after the 2010 legislative elections | |||
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| Party | Senate | House | Total |
| Democratic | 110 | 357 | 467 |
| Republican | 278 | 988 | 1,266 |
| TOTALS | 388 | 1,345 | 1,733 |
Winners of Open Seats
Open seats contests made up 1,178 (19.2%) of the 6,125 seats on November 2. Of these 1,178 open seats, Republicans won 729 (61.9%) while Democrats won 449 (38.1%). Going into the election, the number of open seats formerly held by each party was quite similar. Estimates prior to the election suggest that approximately 52% of the open seats were previously held by Republicans and 48% were held by Democrats.
The following is the breakdown of open seat winners.
| Open Seat Winners in 2010 legislative elections | |||
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| Party | Senate | House | Total |
| Democratic | 108 | 341 | 449 |
| Republican | 191 | 538 | 729 |
| TOTALS | 299 | 879 | 1,178 |
Impact on legislative majorities
- See also: Partisan balance of state legislatures
Heading into the November 2 elections, the Democratic Party held a commanding lead in state houses in the 88 legislative chambers that held elections in 2010. 52 of the 88 chambers, or nearly 60% of them, had a Democratic majority, while only 33 of them had a Republican majority. (Two chambers had an exactly equal number of Democrats and Republicans and one is officially nonpartisan.) The following is a partisan breakdown of state legislatures prior to the November 2 election:
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| State senates | 23 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| State houses | 29 | 15 | 1 | - |
| Totals: | 52 | 33 | 2 | 1 |
As a result of the election, Republicans picked up 20 legislative chambers while Democrats lost 20. Republicans won 53 total chambers on November 2, while Democrats won only 32. The following is a partisan breakdown of state legislatures after the November 2 election:
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| State senates | 16 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| State houses | 16 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals: | 32 | 53 | 2 | 1 |
Another way to examine the data is to gauge how many chambers had gains for the Democratic Party versus the Republican Party. Using this variable, the wide-sweeping Republican victory is further amplified. Democrats bolstered their majorities in only 7 of 88 (7.96%) state chambers. These legislatures are as follows:
| State legislative chambers where Democrats gained seats on November 2 | ||
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| State | Chamber | Number of seats gained by Democrats |
| California | Assembly | + 2 |
| Delaware | House | + 2 |
| Hawaii | Senate | + 1 |
| Maryland | Senate | + 2 |
| Massachusetts | Senate | + 1 |
| Missouri | Senate | + 1 |
| West Virginia | Senate | + 1 |
In 7 chambers, the GOP kept their current number of seats. In one chamber, the California State Assembly, both major parties gained seats by filling 2 vacancies and defeating an incumbent independent. Overall, the Republican Party picked up legislative seats in 75 (85.2%) of the 88 legislative chambers that held elections on November 2.
Impact on State Politics
Along with the GOP capture of the U.S. House of Representatives, state Republicans gained trifectas (control of the governorship, house, and senate) in 12 states. The following is a breakdown of trifectas across the nation, before and after the 2010 election:
| Trifectas before and after the 2010 Election | ||||||
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| Party | Before election | U.S. House seats | After election | U.S. House seats | Gain/loss states | Gain/loss congressional seats |
| 16 | 131 | 11 | 115 | -5 | -16 | |
| 8 | 66 | 20 | 198 | +12 | +132 | |
Before the election, 131 U.S House seats were in states with Democratic trifectas, while 66 districts were in states with Republican trifectas. After the election, Republicans trifectas control redistricting for 198 U.S. House seats while Democrats control only 115. Additionally, California, the strongest Democratic trifecta with 53 U.S. House representatives, passed propositions that take redistricting power away from state government.
