1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Maine House District 27
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
James Mitchell (D) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Merton Fillmore (R) by 4.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
James MitchellDemocrat · winner
52.3%2,243
Merton FillmoreRepublican · incumbent
47.7%2,043
4,286 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET