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1972Final results

1972 election for Maine Senate District 7

Maine State Senate · Maine

Linwood Graffam (R) won with 57.1% of the vote, defeating Charles Malcolm Roma (D) by 14.2 points.

Linwood GraffamRepublican · winner
57.1%7,020
42.9%5,278
12,298 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+14.21972R+1.21974D+8.71976D+18.91978D+13.21980D+13.21982

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