2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Maine House District 8
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Joyce A. Fitzpatrick (R) won with 58.0% of the vote, defeating Richard C. Cleary (D) by 15.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joyce A. FitzpatrickRepublican · winner
58.0%1,617
Richard C. ClearyDemocrat · incumbent
42.0%1,173
2,790 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET