1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Maine House District 49
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Polly Reeves (D) won with 55.9% of the vote, defeating Robert G. Stubbs (R) by 11.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Polly ReevesDemocrat · winner
55.9%1,438
Robert G. StubbsRepublican · incumbent
44.1%1,133
2,571 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