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2022Final results

2022 election for Maine House District 46

Maine House of Representatives · Maine

Lydia Crafts (D) won with 65.0% of the vote, defeating Merle James Parise Jr. (R) by 30.0 points.

Lydia CraftsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.0%3,693
35.0%1,988
5,681 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 2022

Races before and after

EvenR+4.22014R+4.82016D+1.52018D+6.02020D+30.02022D+30.72024

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