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2008Final results

2008 election for Maine House District 79

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Sharon Treat (D) won with 65.3% of the vote, defeating Charles Walter Jacques (R) by 30.6 points.

Sharon TreatDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.3%3,412
34.7%1,814
5,226 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

EvenD+26.92002R+9.12004D+23.32006D+30.62008D+4.42010D+8.02012

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