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In 2022, two special elections were called to fill vacant seats in the Maine State Legislature.

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Senate special elections called:

House special elections called:

How vacancies are filled in Maine


If there is a vacancy in the Maine State Legislature, a special election must be held to fill the vacant seat.[1][2] The governor must call for an election and inform political committees of the nomination deadline.[3][1][2] The person elected to the seat serves for the remainder of the unexpired term.[4]

DocumentIcon.jpg See sources: Maine Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 21-A, § 382 Maine Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 21-A, §366 and Maine Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 21-A, § 381


About the legislature

The Maine State Legislature is a bicameral body composed of the Maine House of Representatives, with 151 members, and the Maine State Senate, with 35 members. The boxes below show the partisan composition of both chambers directly before and after the November 2020 general election. For the most up-to-date numbers on partisan composition in this legislature, see here (Senate) and here (House).

Maine State Senate
Party As of November 3, 2020 After November 4, 2020
     Democratic Party 21 22
     Republican Party 14 13
Total 35 35


Maine House of Representatives
Party As of November 3, 2020 After November 4, 2020
     Democratic Party 87 80
     Republican Party 56 67
     Independent 5 4
     Common Sense Independent 1 0
     Vacancy 2 0
Total 151 151

Special elections

Click [show] to the right of the district name for more information:

January 11, 2022


June 14, 2022


Historical data

There were 848 state legislative special elections that took place from 2010 to 2021. Maine held 17 special elections during the same time period. The largest number of special elections in Maine took place in 2011 when four special elections were held.

The table below details how many state legislative special elections were held in a state in a given year.

Special elections throughout the country

See also: State legislative special elections, 2022

In 2022, 54 state legislative special elections were scheduled in 24 states. Between 2011 and 2021, an average of 74 special elections took place each year.

Breakdown of 2022 special elections

In 2022, special elections for state legislative positions were held for the following reasons:

  • 21 due to appointment, election, or the seeking of election to another position
  • 24 due to resignation
  • 9 due to the death of the incumbent

Impact of special elections on partisan composition

The partisan breakdown for the special elections was as follows:


The table below details how many seats changed parties as the result of a special election in 2022. The number on the left reflects how many vacant seats were originally held by each party, while the number on the right shows how many vacant seats each party won in the special elections.

Note: This table reflects information for elections that were held and not the total number of vacant seats.

Partisan Change from Special Elections (2022)
Party As of Special Election After Special Election
     Democratic Party 36 36
     Republican Party 18 18
     Independent 0 0
Total 54 54

Flipped seats

In 2022, two seats flipped as a result of state legislative special elections.

Seats flipped from D to R

Seats flipped from R to D


See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maine Legislature, "Maine Revised Statutes," accessed February 11, 2021 (Statute 21A-381)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Maine Legislature, "Maine Revised Statutes," accessed February 11, 2021 (Statute 21A-382)
  3. ↑ Maine Legislature, "Constitution of the State of Maine," accessed February 11, 2021 (Article IV, Section 5)
  4. ↑ Maine Legislature, "Maine Revised Statutes," accessed February 11, 2021 (Statute 21A-361)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 EINPressWire, "Special election set to fill House District 27 seat," November 15, 2021 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "special" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ Bangor Daily News, "Ranked-choice voting advocate in 1st legislative term resigns Maine House seat," October 15, 2021
  7. ↑ WABI, "Maine state senator resigns to take job in federal SBA," January 18, 2022
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