1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for Maine Senate District 10
Maine State Senate · Maine
Betty Lou Mitchell (R) won with 52.1% of the vote, defeating Robert J. Tardy (D) by 4.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Betty Lou MitchellRepublican · winner
52.1%8,918
Robert J. TardyDemocrat
47.9%8,201
17,119 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