2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for Maine House District 53
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Jeffrey K. Pierce (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Peter S. Kent (D) by 8.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jeffrey K. PierceRepublican · winner
54.0%2,598
Peter S. KentDemocrat · incumbent
46.0%2,215
4,813 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 2014
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET