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2016Final results

2016 election for Maine House District 88

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Deborah J. Sanderson (R) won with 58.5% of the vote, defeating James R. Torbert (D) by 17.1 points.

Deborah J. SandersonRepublican · winner · incumbent
58.5%2,922
41.5%2,069
4,991 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+19.02008R+18.02010R+29.22012R+17.12016D+5.02018R+7.22020

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