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2008 election for Maine House District 44

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Andrew R. Obrien (D) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Robert P. Walker (R) by 8.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Andrew R. ObrienDemocrat · winner
54.2%2,862
Robert P. WalkerRepublican · incumbent
45.8%2,423
5,285 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

EvenR+29.71998D+19.92004R+0.42006D+8.32008D+8.12010R+2.12012

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