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1968Final results

1968 election for Maine House District 53

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Albert Macphail (R) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating Hugo A. Lehtinen (D) by 12.9 points.

Albert MacphailRepublican · winner
56.5%1,622
43.5%1,251
2,873 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968

Races before and after

EvenR+0.51972D+38.51976D+51.11986D+35.61992D+22.21994D+38.91996

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET