1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Maine House District 96
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Bernard H. Austin (R) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating Raymond N. Faucher (D) by 13.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bernard H. AustinRepublican · winner
56.7%1,774
Raymond N. FaucherDemocrat · incumbent
43.2%1,351
3,126 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