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1984Flipped from RepublicanFinal results

1984 election for Maine House District 43

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Charles R. Priest (D) won with 57.3% of the vote, defeating Reginald G. Pinkham (R) by 14.6 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Charles R. PriestDemocrat · winner
57.3%2,026
42.7%1,510
3,536 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 1984

Races before and after

EvenR+28.71982D+14.61984D+34.71986D+32.91988

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)