2008Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Maine House District 127
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Sean Flaherty (D) won with 56.0% of the vote, defeating John F. McDonough (R) by 11.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Sean FlahertyDemocrat · winner
56.0%3,089
John F. McDonoughRepublican · incumbent
44.0%2,432
5,521 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET