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2000Final results

2000 election for Maine House District 49

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

John G. Richardson (D) won with 65.6% of the vote, defeating William J. Donovan (R) by 31.2 points.

John G. RichardsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.6%2,399
34.4%1,259
3,658 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

EvenD+8.71994R+2.81996D+2.21998D+31.22000D+26.52002R+2.42004

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET