1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Maine House District 78
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Dana C. Devoe (R) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating James B. Wagner (D) by 3.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dana C. DevoeRepublican · winner
51.8%1,980
James B. WagnerDemocrat · incumbent
48.2%1,840
3,820 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET