2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Maine House District 7
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Patricia B. Sutherland (D) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating John W. Churchill (R) by 0.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Patricia B. SutherlandDemocrat · winner
50.1%1,419
John W. ChurchillRepublican · incumbent
49.9%1,415
2,834 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 2006
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET