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1972Final results

1972 election for Maine House District 36

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Roswell Dyar (R) won with 59.6% of the vote, defeating Harlan E. Doak (D) by 19.3 points.

Roswell DyarRepublican · winner · incumbent
59.6%1,408
40.4%953
2,361 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 1972

Races before and after

EvenR+19.31972R+36.51974D+29.31980D+3.81984D+0.71986D+2.31988

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