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2006Final results

2006 election for Maine Senate District 8

Maine State Senate · Maine

Ethan Strimling (D) won with 67.1% of the vote, defeating David J. Babin (R) by 48.6 points.

Ethan StrimlingDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.1%8,824
David J. BabinRepublican
18.5%2,433
14.4%1,895
13,152 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

EvenR+10.71998R+28.62000D+52.32004D+48.62006D+47.82008D+57.22010

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