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2008Final results

2008 election for Maine Senate District 17

Maine State Senate · Maine

John M. Nutting (D) won with 64.2% of the vote, defeating Russell W. Pack (R) by 28.3 points.

John M. NuttingDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.2%12,892
Russell W. PackRepublican
35.8%7,199
20,091 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+28.62002D+10.12004D+14.02006D+28.32008R+11.62010R+0.12012

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