1980Final results
1980 election for Maine Senate District 5
Maine State Senate · Maine
Roland L. Sutton (R) won with 60.0% of the vote, defeating Jeffrey P. Kilgore (D) by 20.1 points.
Roland L. SuttonRepublican · winner · incumbent
60.0%10,203
Jeffrey P. KilgoreDemocrat
40.0%6,790
16,995 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