1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1970 election for Maine House District 6
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Leighton Cooney (D) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating William E. Ricker (R) by 1.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Leighton CooneyDemocrat · winner
50.8%819
William E. RickerRepublican
49.2%792
1,611 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 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET