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2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2010 election for Maine House District 83

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Dennis L. Keschl (R) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Patricia R. Jones (D) by 8.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Dennis L. KeschlRepublican · winner
54.3%2,605
Patricia R. JonesDemocrat · incumbent
45.7%2,190
4,795 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

EvenD+11.22004R+11.82006D+8.02008R+8.72010R+11.12012D+10.62014

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