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2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2014 election for Maine House District 70

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Nate Wadsworth (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Helen Rankin (D) by 5.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Nate WadsworthRepublican · winner
52.7%2,034
Helen RankinDemocrat · incumbent
47.3%1,827
3,861 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

EvenR+7.92008R+13.92010D+0.12012R+5.42014R+12.02016R+7.82018

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