2004Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2004 election for Maine Senate District 8
Maine State Senate · Maine
Ethan Strimling (D) won with 76.2% of the vote, defeating David J. Babin (R) by 52.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ethan StrimlingDemocrat · winner · incumbent
76.2%14,329
David J. BabinRepublican
23.8%4,487
18,816 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET