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1996Final results

1996 election for Maine Senate District 12

Maine State Senate · Maine

Rochelle M. Pingree (D) won with 70.9% of the vote, defeating Roy D. Garnett (R) by 41.9 points.

Rochelle M. PingreeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.9%12,519
Roy D. GarnettRepublican
29.1%5,129
17,648 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

EvenR+43.21990R+39.11992D+17.41994D+41.91996D+26.31998R+6.92000

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