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1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1984 election for Maine House District 83

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Priscilla Taylor (R) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Earl K. Kelly (D) by 1.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Priscilla TaylorRepublican · winner
50.9%2,274
Earl K. KellyDemocrat · incumbent
49.1%2,195
4,469 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

EvenD+0.91974D+0.61976D+32.01982R+1.81984R+41.41986R+22.11988

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET