1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Maine House District 22
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Santo Dipietro (D) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Earl G. Nicholson (R) by 7.8 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Santo DipietroDemocrat · winner
53.9%2,064
Earl G. NicholsonRepublican · incumbent
46.1%1,766
3,830 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)