2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2000 election for Maine House District 47
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Philip Cressey Jr. (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Gregory B. Brown (D) by 5.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Philip Cressey Jr.Republican · winner
52.5%2,567
Gregory B. BrownDemocrat
47.5%2,322
4,889 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET