1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1974 election for Maine House District 56
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Bonnie Post (D) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Sherman F. Baird (R) by 13.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Bonnie PostDemocrat · winner
56.6%1,693
Sherman F. BairdRepublican
43.3%1,296
2,990 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET