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1988Final results

1988 election for Maine House District 1

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Mark Lawrence (D) won with 73.9% of the vote, defeating Frank R. Kauffman (R) by 47.8 points.

Mark LawrenceDemocrat · winner
73.9%2,209
26.1%781
2,990 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 1988

Races before and after

EvenR+16.11982R+0.71984D+31.41986D+47.81988D+46.71990

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