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1978Final results

1978 election for Maine House District 35B

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Peter A. Cloutier (D) won with 58.3% of the vote, defeating Samuel A. Hinds (R) by 16.6 points.

Peter A. CloutierDemocrat · winner
58.3%1,430
Samuel A. HindsRepublican
41.7%1,022
2,452 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

EvenD+16.61978D+7.21980D+12.61982

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