2016Final results
2016 election for Maine House District 48
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Sara Gideon (D) won with 68.4% of the vote, defeating Paul Benjamin Schulz (R) by 36.9 points.
Sara GideonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.4%3,994
Paul Benjamin SchulzRepublican
31.6%1,841
5,835 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 2016
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET