1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1976 election for Maine House District 98
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Lloyd Drinkwater (R) won with 44.8% of the vote, defeating Donald E. Cook (Oth) by 11.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Lloyd DrinkwaterRepublican · winner
44.8%1,337
Donald E. CookOther party
33.0%983
Harvey S. KnightDemocrat
22.1%659
2,983 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