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1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results

1996 election for Maine House District 81

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

June C. Meres (R) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Richard H. C. Tracy (D) by 10.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

June C. MeresRepublican · winner · incumbent
50.9%1,976
40.8%1,584
Kerry L. HolmesIndependent
8.2%320
3,880 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

EvenD+33.91990D+29.01992D+9.21994R+10.11996D+3.11998R+0.22002

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET