1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Maine Senate District 3
Maine State Senate · Maine
Frank P. Wood (D) won with 64.2% of the vote, defeating Robert J. Dowling (R) by 28.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Frank P. WoodDemocrat · winner
64.2%11,422
Robert J. DowlingRepublican
35.8%6,360
17,782 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