1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1994 election for Maine House District 78
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Walter R. Gooley (R) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Sheila M. Shaffer (D) by 26.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Walter R. GooleyRepublican · winner
53.1%1,584
Sheila M. ShafferDemocrat
26.7%795
Greg GerrittOther party
20.2%604
2,983 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 1994
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET