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1988 election for Maine Senate District 11

Maine State Senate · Maine

Stephen Bost (D) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating Mary Ellen Maybury (R) by 12.4 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Stephen BostDemocrat · winner
56.2%8,927
Mary Ellen MayburyRepublican · incumbent
43.8%6,954
15,881 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

EvenD+34.81982R+5.01984R+31.21986D+12.41988D+35.41990

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