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2016Final results

2016 election for Maine House District 54

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Denise Tepler (D) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Ruth A. Lyons (R) by 4.6 points.

Denise TeplerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.3%3,121
Ruth A. LyonsRepublican
47.7%2,849
5,970 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

EvenR+6.72010D+1.22012D+1.82014D+4.62016D+27.32018D+25.32020

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