1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Maine House District 56
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Wendy Pieh (D) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating Chester A. Rice (R) by 2.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Wendy PiehDemocrat · winner
51.1%2,590
Chester A. RiceRepublican · incumbent
48.9%2,479
5,069 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