RepublicanNot in office · last served 2022Last on a ballot: Nov 2020
Lester S. Ordway
Last held office: Maine House of Representatives, District 23 (2016–2022). Ran in 5 elections between 2014 and 2020, winning 4.
- Last margin
- +14.1
- Won 2020
- Elections
- 5
- 2014–2020
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Ordway was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Maine House of Representatives, District 23
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Ordway has run
Margin: how far Ordway finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Maine House of Representatives, District 23 | General | Won | Timothy H. Goodwin (D) | 57.1% | R+14.1 |
| 2018 | Maine House of Representatives, District 23 | General | Won | Timothy H. Goodwin (D) | 54.5% | R+9.0 |
| 2016 | Maine House of Representatives, District 23 | General | Won | Paula P. Smith (D) | 63.7% | R+27.4 |
| 2014 | Maine House of Representatives, District 23 | General | Lost | Michael A. Shaw (D), Michael Wakefield (G) | 43.5% | D+5.0 |
| 2014 | Maine House of Representatives, District 23 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Ordway has held
- Maine House of Representatives, District 23 · 2016–2022
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Ordway has run against
- Timothy H. Goodwin (D) · 2020 election, won
- Paula P. Smith (D) · 2016 election, won
- Michael A. Shaw (D) · 2014 election, lost
Source: 99chambers results archive