1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Maine House District 71
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Herbert E. Clark (D) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating James E. Nicholson (R) by 11.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Herbert E. ClarkDemocrat · winner
55.7%1,714
James E. NicholsonRepublican
44.3%1,365
3,079 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