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1978Final results

1978 election for Maine House District 18

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Carl W. Smith (R) won with 83.5% of the vote, defeating John R. Kingman (D) by 66.9 points.

Carl W. SmithRepublican · winner · incumbent
83.5%1,535
16.5%304
1,839 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+66.91978R+25.51982D+42.41984D+27.41986D+38.91988D+46.91990

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