2020 Maine Senate election explained

Election Name:2020 Maine Senate election
Country:Maine
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2018 Maine Senate election
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2022 Maine Senate election
Next Year:2022
Seats For Election:All 35 seats in the Maine Senate
Majority Seats:18
Election Date:November 3, 2020
Leader1:Troy Jackson
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Leaders Seat1:1st
Seats Before1:21
Seats1:22
Seat Change1:1
Popular Vote1:418,062
Percentage1:52.9%
Swing1:3.0%
Leader2:Dana Dow
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Leaders Seat2:13th
(lost re-election)
Seats Before2:14
Seats2:13
Seat Change2:1
Popular Vote2:369,474
Percentage2:46.7%
Swing2:3.5%
Map Size:300px
Senate President
Before Election:Troy Jackson
Before Party:Democratic
After Election:Troy Jackson
After Party:Democratic

The 2020 Maine State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election using instant-runoff voting being held on July 14, 2020, to elect the 130th Maine Senate. Voters in all 35 districts of the Maine State Senate will elect their senators. The elections will coincide with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Maine House of Representatives. Republicans only needed to gain four seats to win control of the chamber; they instead gained only one and lost another two, resulting in a net increase in the Democratic Party's majority.

The primary elections were held on July 14, 2020.

Background

In the 2018 Maine State Senate elections, Democrats gained control of Maine State Senate by a 21–14 margin. Before those elections, Republicans had controlled the chamber since 2014 Maine State Senate elections.

Results

Overview

2213
DemocraticRepublican
Parties! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center rowspan= 2
CandidatesPopular VoteSeats
align=center Votealign=center %align=center 2018align=center 2020align=center +/−align=center Strength
Democraticalign=center 35align=right 418,062align=right 52.85%align=center 21align=center 22align=center 1align=right 62.86%
Republicanalign=center 33align=right 369,474align=right 46.71%align=center 14align=center 13align=center 1align=right 37.14%
Independentalign=center 2align=right 3,479align=right 0.44%align=center 0align=center 0align=center align=right 0.00%
align=center colspan="2" Totalalign=center 70align=center 791,015align=center 100.00%align=center 35align=center 35align=center align=center 100.00%

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. gain
  2. gain

Detailed results

align=center District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35
Source: Official candidate listings.[2]

District 35

See also

References

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External links

See main article: e.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races. The Cook Political Report. November 1, 2020.
  2. Web site: Election Results . . May 7, 2020.
  3. Web site: Maine State Senate 2020 Election Results . Maine Department of the Secretary of State . 25 November 2020.