1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Maine House District 88
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Stavros J. Mendros (R) won with 55.2% of the vote, defeating Patricia Lemaire (D) by 10.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Stavros J. MendrosRepublican · winner
55.2%1,605
Patricia LemaireDemocrat · incumbent
44.8%1,304
2,909 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