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1980 election for Maine House District 12

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

John Lisink (D) won with 56.0% of the vote, defeating Carol D. Stewart (R) by 12.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

John LisinkDemocrat · winner
56.0%1,466
44.0%1,150
2,616 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 1980

Races before and after

EvenD+11.31974D+5.51976R+19.41978D+12.11980D+36.31986D+35.81992

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