1984Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1984 election for Maine Senate District 23
Maine State Senate · Maine
N. Paul Gauvreau (D) won with 61.4% of the vote, defeating Rosemarie Cote Butler (R) by 22.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
N. Paul GauvreauDemocrat · winner
61.4%8,919
Rosemarie Cote ButlerRepublican
38.6%5,601
14,522 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET