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1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1996 election for Maine Senate District 20

Maine State Senate · Maine

John M. Nutting (D) won with 61.1% of the vote, defeating Albert G. Stevens (R) by 22.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

John M. NuttingDemocrat · winner
61.1%10,499
Albert G. StevensRepublican · incumbent
38.9%6,690
17,189 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+34.41990R+17.21992R+3.61994D+22.21996D+37.12000R+4.72002

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