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1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Maine State Senate election results, district by district

Every Maine State Senate district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 33 seats

After the electionD 13 · R 19 · 1 other
Races33
Changed party4
Unopposed30%10 races
Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 13 · R 19 · Other 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Walter W. Hichens (R)Unopposed
SD-2Robert M. Farley (D)24.1
SD-3Ralph M. Lovell (R)24.6
SD-4Peter W. Danton (D)8.3
SD-5Roland L. Sutton (R)27.7
SD-6David G. Huber (R)10.9
SD-7Ronald E. Usher (D)18.9
SD-8Barbara A. Gill (R)6.1
SD-9Gerard P. Conley (D)Unopposed
SD-10Mary Najarian (D)10.0
SD-11Nancy Randall Clark (D)19.8Flipped
SD-12Barbara M. Trafton (D)39.9Flipped
SD-13Albert E. Cote (D)Unopposed
SD-14Carroll E. Minkowshy (D)Unopposed
SD-15David R. Ault (R)6.0
SD-16Donald R. Oleary (D)24.9
SD-17Andrew Redmond (R)Unopposed
SD-18Richard H. Pierce (R)32.9
SD-19Bennett D. Katz (R)Unopposed
SD-20John D. Chapman (R)Unopposed
SD-21Samuel W. Collins Jr. (R)31.8
SD-22Melvin A. Shute (R)36.9
SD-23Thomas M. Teague (R)6.2Flipped
SD-24Jerome A. Emerson (R)12.8
SD-25Howard M. Trotzky (R)25.9
SD-26Dana C. Devoe (R)0.4
SD-27Joseph Sewall (R)Unopposed
SD-28Thomas R. Perkins (R)63.0
SD-29Harold L. Silverman (OTH)8.1FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-30Charles P. Pray (D)23.9
SD-31James McBreairty (R)21.3
SD-32Roland Daniel Martin (D)Unopposed
SD-33Michael E. Carpenter (D)Unopposed

Maine State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner