2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Maine Senate District 26
Maine State Senate · Maine
Karl W. Turner (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Carol A. Kontos (D) by 5.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Karl W. TurnerRepublican · winner
52.5%12,089
Carol A. KontosDemocrat · incumbent
47.5%10,919
23,008 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