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Stanley Short
Prior offices:
Maine House of Representatives District 106
Years in office: 2012 - 2016
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 8, 2022

Stanley Short (Democratic Party) was a member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 106. Short assumed office on December 4, 2012. Short left office in 2016.

Short (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Maine House of Representatives to represent District 68. Short lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Short served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Short served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 68

Incumbent Amanda Collamore defeated Stanley Short in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 68 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Amanda Collamore
Amanda Collamore (R)
 
58.2
 
2,366
Image of Stanley Short
Stanley Short (D)
 
41.8
 
1,698

Total votes: 4,064
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Democratic primary election

Democratic Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 68

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Stanley Short in round 1 .


Total votes: 178
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Republican primary election

Republican Primary for Maine House of Representatives District 68

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Amanda Collamore in round 1 .


Total votes: 437
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2018

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Maine House of Representatives District 106

Incumbent Scott Strom defeated Stanley Short in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 106 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Strom
Scott Strom (R)
 
52.0
 
1,672
Image of Stanley Short
Stanley Short (D)
 
48.0
 
1,541

Total votes: 3,213
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maine House of Representatives District 106

Stanley Short advanced from the Democratic primary for Maine House of Representatives District 106 on June 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Stanley Short
Stanley Short
 
100.0
 
448

Total votes: 448
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maine House of Representatives District 106

Incumbent Scott Strom advanced from the Republican primary for Maine House of Representatives District 106 on June 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Strom
Scott Strom
 
100.0
 
517

Total votes: 517
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2016

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Maine House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 15, 2016.[1]

Scott Strom defeated incumbent Stanley Short in the Maine House of Representatives District 106 general election.[2]

Maine House of Representatives, District 106 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Scott Strom 51.72% 2,065
     Democratic Stanley Short Incumbent 48.28% 1,928
Total Votes 3,993
Source: Maine Secretary of State

Incumbent Stanley Short ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 106 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Maine House of Representatives, District 106 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Stanley Short Incumbent (unopposed)

Scott Strom ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 106 Republican primary.[3][4]

Maine House of Representatives, District 106 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Scott Strom  (unopposed)


2014

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Maine House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for party candidates wishing to run in this election was March 17, 2014. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the primary election was April 28, 2014, and the deadline for non-party candidates to run in the general election was June 2, 2014. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the general election was September 22, 2014. District 29 incumbent Stanley Short was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Katherine Watson was unopposed in the Republican primary but withdrew afterwards and was replaced by Scott Strom. Short defeated Strom in the general election.[5][6][7][8]

Maine House of Representatives District 106, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngStanley Short Incumbent 49.8% 1,669
     Republican Scott Strom 45.8% 1,534
     None Blank Votes 4.4% 148
Total Votes 3,351

2012

See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2012

Short won election in the 2012 election for Maine House of Representatives District 29. Short ran unopposed in the June 12 Democratic primary and defeated Robert Engelhardt (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10]

Maine House of Representatives, District 29, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngStanley Short 50.1% 1,855
     Republican Robert Engelhardt 49.9% 1,844
Total Votes 3,699

Campaign finance summary


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Stanley Short campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Maine House of Representatives District 68Lost general$9,889 $9,886
2014Maine State House, District 106Won $4,583 N/A**
Grand total$14,472 $9,886
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Footnotes


Political offices
Preceded by
Stacey Fitts (R)
Maine House of Representatives District 106
2012–2016
Succeeded by
Scott Strom (R)


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