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1978 election for Maine House District 15

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Robert James Barry (Ind) won with 57.1% of the vote, defeating Reginald C. Plourde (D) by 14.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Robert James BarryIndependent · winner
57.1%1,392
42.9%1,046
2,438 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 1978

Races before and after

EvenR+15.81984R+20.01986R+36.21988R+20.51990R+19.21992R+7.61994

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET