1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Maine House District 42
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Dana S. Swazey (D) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating A. Dwight Black (R) by 4.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dana S. SwazeyDemocrat · winner
52.0%2,207
A. Dwight BlackRepublican
48.0%2,035
4,243 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