2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2008 election for Maine House District 78
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Bob Nutting (R) won with 58.8% of the vote, defeating Samuel Bromberg (D) by 17.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bob NuttingRepublican · winner
58.8%2,885
Samuel BrombergDemocrat
41.2%2,023
4,908 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