1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Maine Senate District 7
Maine State Senate · Maine
Ronald E. Usher (D) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Linwood Graffam (R) by 8.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ronald E. UsherDemocrat · winner
54.3%8,746
Linwood GraffamRepublican · incumbent
45.7%7,352
16,098 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