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2000Final results

2000 election for Maine Senate District 5

Maine State Senate · Maine

Jill M. Goldthwait (Ind) won with 67.4% of the vote, defeating Sumner A. Lymburner (R) by 44.0 points.

Jill M. GoldthwaitIndependent · winner · incumbent
67.4%13,781
23.4%4,789
Richard D. HartLibertarian
9.1%1,864
20,434 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+11.31988D+8.11990R+11.81992R+13.51994D+8.32002D+25.12004

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