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1978Final results

1978 election for Maine House District 4B

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Stephen Hughes (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating George L. Boyce (R) by 2.1 points.

Stephen HughesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.0%1,464
George L. BoyceRepublican
49.0%1,404
2,868 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+2.11978R+16.01980D+13.91982

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