2006Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2006 election for Maine House District 81
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
L. Gary Knight (R) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Clark L. Souther (D) by 0.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
L. Gary KnightRepublican · winner
50.3%1,877
Clark L. SoutherDemocrat
49.7%1,853
3,730 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