1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Maine House District 44
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Hugh W. Bowden (R) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Lawrence P. Greenlaw Jr. (D) by 8.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Hugh W. BowdenRepublican · winner
54.2%1,629
Lawrence P. Greenlaw Jr.Democrat · incumbent
45.8%1,375
3,004 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET