1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Maine House District 49
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Reginald G. Pinkham (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Edmund E. Benedikt (D) by 2.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Reginald G. PinkhamRepublican · winner
51.4%1,731
Edmund E. BenediktDemocrat · incumbent
48.6%1,638
3,369 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET