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1984 election for Maine House District 56

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Gwilym R. Roberts (D) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating John E. Mudge (R) by 13.1 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Gwilym R. RobertsDemocrat · winner
56.5%2,162
John E. MudgeRepublican
43.5%1,662
3,824 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+0.31982D+13.11984R+4.21986R+47.21988

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