2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Maine Senate District 6
Maine State Senate · Maine
Edward M. Youngblood (R) won with 57.8% of the vote, defeating Richard P. Ruhlin (D) by 15.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Edward M. YoungbloodRepublican · winner
57.8%11,095
Richard P. RuhlinDemocrat · incumbent
42.2%8,084
19,179 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