1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Maine House District 5
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Eleanor M. Murphy (R) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Thomas J. Wright (D) by 10.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Eleanor M. MurphyRepublican · winner
55.0%1,063
Thomas J. WrightDemocrat · incumbent
45.0%870
1,933 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET