1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Maine Senate District 31
Maine State Senate · Maine
Peggy A. Pendleton (D) won with 50.2% of the vote, defeating Joan M. Pendexter (R) by 11.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Peggy A. PendletonDemocrat · winner
50.2%9,432
Joan M. PendexterRepublican · incumbent
38.5%7,229
Plato TrumanIndependent
11.3%2,123
18,784 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