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2002Final resultsIncumbent defeated

2002 election for Maine House District 81

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Maitland E. Richardson (R) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Richard H. C. Tracy (D) by 0.2 points.

Maitland E. RichardsonRepublican · winner
50.1%1,553
Richard H. C. TracyDemocrat · incumbent
49.9%1,548
3,101 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenD+9.21994R+10.11996D+3.11998R+0.22002D+4.42004R+0.62006

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