1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1998 election for Maine Senate District 26
Maine State Senate · Maine
Carol A. Kontos (D) won with 51.2% of the vote, defeating E. Stephen Murray (R) by 2.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Carol A. KontosDemocrat · winner
51.2%7,713
E. Stephen MurrayRepublican
48.8%7,353
15,066 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