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1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Maine House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Maine House of Representatives district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 151 seats

After the electionD 77 · R 73 · 1 other
Races151
Changed party17
Unopposed30%45 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 77 · R 73 · Other 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Darryl N. Brown (R)12.1Flipped
HD-2Glen Torey (R)25.2
HD-3James E. Tierney (D)Unopposed
HD-4Joyce E. Lewis (R)5.0Incumbent lost
HD-4BStephen Hughes (D)2.1
HD-4CAlfred L. Brodeur (D)Unopposed
HD-4DJohn M. Michael (D)28.0
HD-5J. P. Normand Laplante (D)21.4
HD-6John W. Simon (D)Unopposed
HD-6BLouis Jalbert (D)4.2
HD-6CGeorge F. Call (D)42.6
HD-6DGregory G. Nadeau (D)Unopposed
HD-6EGeorgette B. Berube (D)Unopposed
HD-6FEmile Jacques (D)Unopposed
HD-7Richard E. McKean (D)Unopposed
HD-8A. Forrest Nelson (R)Unopposed
HD-9Philip F. Peterson (R)23.2
HD-10Kenneth Matthews (R)34.3Flipped
HD-11Mary H. Macbride (R)33.1
HD-12Bruce Roope (R)19.4Flipped
HD-13Paul Elmer Violette (D)Unopposed
HD-14John L. Martin (D)62.1
HD-15Robert James Barry (IND)14.2Flipped
HD-16Edward A. McHenry (D)Unopposed
HD-17Luman P. Mahany (D)26.8
HD-18Carl W. Smith (R)66.9
HD-19Frank Peltier (R)Unopposed
HD-20Leonard R. Lougee (R)15.4
HD-21Edith S. Beaulieu (D)2.6
HD-21BDavid H. Brenerman (D)Unopposed
HD-21CLaurence E. Connolly (D)Unopposed
HD-21DMerle Nelson (D)34.8
HD-21EHarlan Baker (D)35.0
HD-21FJoseph C. Brannigan (D)5.8
HD-21GAndrew J. Doukas (D)2.9
HD-21HGeorge Vincent (D)7.3
HD-21INancy Hill Payne (R)9.3
HD-21JJohn J. Joyce (D)Unopposed
HD-22Sherry F. Huber (R)44.1
HD-23G. William Diamond (D)58.8
HD-24Porter D. Leighton (R)7.9
HD-25William J. Garsoe (R)20.8
HD-26Marian E. Gowen (R)11.5Flipped
HD-27Merton Fillmore (R)3.8Flipped
HD-28Patrick T. Jackson (R)31.9
HD-29Gordon F. Cunningham (R)33.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-30Ada K. Brown (D)Unopposed
HD-31J. Robert Carrier (D)18.2
HD-31BStanley E. Laffin (R)24.1
HD-32Sharon B. Benoit (D)5.8
HD-33Linwood M. Higgins (R)Unopposed
HD-34Nancy N. Masterson (R)Unopposed
HD-35Robert S. Howe (D)Unopposed
HD-35BPeter A. Cloutier (D)16.6
HD-35CEdward J. Kane (D)10.7
HD-36Richard G. Morton (R)Unopposed
HD-37Sidney D. Maxwell (D)Unopposed
HD-38Edward L. Dexter (R)18.6
HD-39John H. Rollins (R)13.2
HD-40Walter L. Bunker (R)12.3
HD-41James A. Silsby (R)19.6
HD-42Eugene L. Churchill (R)36.6
HD-43Meredith E. Bordeaux (R)4.8
HD-44Hugh W. Bowden (R)8.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-45Catharine L. Damren (R)19.9
HD-46Leland Davis (R)13.4
HD-47Charles G. Dow (D)17.7
HD-48W. David Dellert (R)13.2Flipped
HD-49Polly Reeves (D)11.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-50Elizabeth H. Mitchell (D)27.2
HD-51Daniel B. Hickey (D)Unopposed
HD-51BPatrick E. Paradis (D)Unopposed
HD-51CSylvia V. Lund (R)7.9
HD-52Paul A. Boudreau (R)28.0
HD-52BJudy C. Kany (D)48.6
HD-52CPaul F. Jacques (D)36.6
HD-53Donald V. Carter (D)Unopposed
HD-54Guy I. Hunter (R)31.0
HD-55Marjorie C. Hutchings (R)30.9
HD-56Bonnie Post (D)Unopposed
HD-57Arthur M. Sprowl (R)27.5
HD-58Wayne C. Gray (R)4.8
HD-59Gary W. Fowlie (D)11.8
HD-60Charlotte Z. Sewall (R)Unopposed
HD-61Rufus Stetson (R)15.7
HD-62William B. Blodgett (D)5.4
HD-63Karen L. Brown (R)26.1
HD-64Laurence L. Kiesman (R)4.4Flipped
HD-65Jacob J. Immonen (R)Unopposed
HD-66R. Donald Twitchell (D)35.2
HD-67Kenneth C. Brown (D)40.6
HD-68Albert Theirault (D)20.4
HD-69Weston Sherburne (R)14.4Flipped
HD-70Sandra K. Prescott (D)40.7
HD-71David S. Marshall (R)7.8
HD-72Walter A. Birt (R)34.6
HD-73Harold R. Cox (D)17.5
HD-74John M. Norris (R)Unopposed
HD-75James W. Reeves (R)26.8
HD-76Robert A. Maceachern (D)22.1
HD-77Richard Davies (D)10.3
HD-78Katharine J. Gavett (R)12.6
HD-79Michael D. Pearson (D)50.3
HD-80Stephen Gould (R)Unopposed
HD-81Donald A. Strout (R)41.1
HD-82James Dudley (D)Unopposed
HD-83Edward C. Kelleher (D)33.0
HD-83BSwift Tarbell (R)28.1
HD-83CFrank M. Carter (R)3.8
HD-83DAngela Z. Aloupis (R)11.5
HD-83ERobert Soulas (R)2.5
HD-84Stephanie Locke (D)12.9
HD-85John E. Masterman (R)Unopposed
HD-86Donald M. Hall (D)Unopposed
HD-87J. David Leonard (R)30.8
HD-88Lorraine N. Chonko (D)8.9
HD-89Courtney E. Stover (R)19.1
HD-90Mary E. Small (R)11.3Flipped
HD-91Antoinette C. Martin (D)Unopposed
HD-91BAnne J. Bachrach (D)10.9
HD-92Jasper S. Wyman (D)Unopposed
HD-93Alton W. Whittemore (R)8.4
HD-94Dan A. Gwadosky (D)21.7Flipped
HD-95James Elias (D)46.2
HD-96Bernard H. Austin (R)26.2
HD-97Lionel H. Conary (R)7.2Flipped
HD-98Lloyd Drinkwater (R)Unopposed
HD-99Gary L. Lowe (R)12.4
HD-100Kenneth E. Tozier Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-101A. Harold Fenlason (R)11.8
HD-102Robert J. Gillis Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-103Harry L. Vose (D)10.3
HD-104Norman W. Nelson (D)21.4
HD-105Judith H. Curtis (D)3.2Flipped
HD-106Neil Rolde (D)34.6
HD-107Cecil O. Lancaster (R)Unopposed
HD-108Orland McPherson (R)21.7
HD-109Warren F. Studley (R)14.7Flipped
HD-110Alberta Wentworth (R)37.4
HD-111James K. McMahon (R)Unopposed
HD-112Frank P. Wood (D)17.0
HD-113John L. Tuttle Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-113BDavid S. Paul (D)53.2
HD-114Harold L. Hanson (R)21.3
HD-115Dennis L. Dutremble (D)Unopposed
HD-115BGuy Marcel Lizotte (D)Unopposed
HD-115CLucien Dutremble (D)Unopposed
HD-116George A. Carroll (D)18.3
HD-117John McSweeney (D)Unopposed
HD-118Philip P. Berry (D)Unopposed
HD-119Barry J. Hobbins (D)Unopposed

Maine House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner