| Election Name: | 2022 Maine Senate election |
| Country: | Maine |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Maine Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Maine State Senate election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | All 35 seats in the Maine State Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 18 |
| Leader1: | Troy Jackson |
| Party1: | Democratic |
| Colour1: | 3333ff |
| Leader Since1: | December 7, 2016 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 1st – Allagash |
| Seats Before1: | 22 |
| Seats After1: | 22 |
| Popular Vote1: | 351,606 |
| Percentage1: | 52.7% |
| Swing1: | 0.2% |
| Leader2: | Trey Stewart |
| Party2: | Republican |
| Colour2: | ff3333 |
| Leader Since2: | November 10, 2022 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 2nd – Presque Isle |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats After2: | 13 |
| Popular Vote2: | 313,379 |
| Percentage2: | 47.0% |
| Swing2: | 0.3% |
| Senate President | |
| Before Election: | Troy Jackson |
| Before Party: | Democratic |
| After Election: | Troy Jackson |
| After Party: | Democratic |
The 2022 Maine State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, with the primary election using instant-runoff voting being held on June 14, 2022, to elect the 131st Maine Senate. Voters in all 35 districts of the Maine State Senate elected their state senators. These elections coincided with those for governor, U.S. House and the Maine House of Representatives. Republicans needed to gain five seats to win control of the chamber.[1]
In the 2020 Maine State Senate elections, Democrats maintained control of the Maine State Senate with the exact same number of seats.
District 5: Jim Dill retired due to term limits.
District 12: David Miramant retired due to term limits.
District 13: Chloe Maxmin retired.
District 20: Ned Claxton retired.
District 21: Nate Libby retired due to term limits.
District 25: Cathy Breen retired due to term limits.
District 26: William Diamond retired due to term limits.
District 28: Heather Sanborn retired.
District 32: Susan Deschambault retired due to term limits.
District 4: Paul Davis retired due to term limits.
District 8: Kimberley Rosen retired due to term limits.
District 16: Scott Cyrway retired due to term limits.
District 33: David Woodsome retired due to term limits.
| Candidates | Popular vote | Seats | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | Vote | align=center | % | align=center | 2020 | align=center | 2022 | align=center | +/− | align=center | Strength | |||||
| Democratic | align=center | 35 | align=right | 351,606 | align=right | 52.69% | align=center | 22 | align=center | 22 | align=center | align=right | 62.86% | |||
| Republican | align=center | 35 | align=right | 313,379 | align=right | 46.96% | align=center | 13 | align=center | 13 | align=center | align=right | 37.14% | |||
| Independent | align=center | 1 | align=right | 2,373 | align=right | 0.36% | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0 | align=center | align=right | 0.00% | |||
| align=center colspan="2" | Total | align=center | 71 | align=center | 667,358 | align=center | 100.00% | align=center | 35 | align=center | 35 | align=center | align=center | 100.00% |
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party.
† - Incumbent not seeking re-election
| 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 |
Incumbent Democrat Senate President Troy Jackson had represented the 1st district since 2016.
Incumbent Republican Minority Leader Trey Stewart had represented the 2nd district since 2020.
Incumbent Republican Bradlee Farrin had represented the 3rd district since 2018. The district also includes the home of incumbent Republican Scott Cyrway, who had represented the 16th district since 2014. However, most of Cyrway's constituents remained in the 16th district. Cyrway was also term-limited.
The new 4th district includes the home of incumbent Republicans Paul Davis, who had represented the 4th district since 2014, and Stacey Guerin, who had represented the 10th district since 2018. Davis was term-limited.
The new 5th district includes the home of incumbent Republican Russell Black, who had represented the 17th district since 2018.
Incumbent Republican Marianne Moore had represented the 6th district since 2018.
Incumbent Democrat Louis Luchini had represented the 7th district from 2018 until his resignation on January 18, 2022. A special election on for this seat on the same day as the regularly scheduled primary election for the 2022 elections.
The new 8th district includes the home of incumbent Democrat Jim Dill, who had represented the 5th district since 2014. Dill was term-limited. Abe Furth and Mike Tipping sought the Democratic nomination. Eric Rojo and Grace Ann Tibbetts sought the Republican nomination.
Incumbent Democrat Joe Baldacci had represented the 9th district since 2020.
The new 10th district includes the home of incumbent Republican Kimberley Rosen, who had represented the 8th district since 2014. Rosen was term-limited. Robert Cross and State Representative Peter Lyford sought the Republican nomination.
Incumbent Democrat Chip Curry had represented the 11th district since 2020.
Incumbent Democrat David Miramant had represented the 12th district since 2014. Miramant was term-limited.
Incumbent Democrat Chloe Maxmin had represented the 13th district since 2020. Cameron Reny defeated David Levesque in the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Democrat Craig Hickman had represented the 14th district since 2021.
Incumbent Republican Matthew Pouliot had represented the 15th district since 2018.
The new 16th district overlaps with much of the former 16th district, though its incumbent Scott Cyrway had his home drawn into the 3rd district. Mike Perkins defeated Mark Andre and Kevin Kitchin in the Republican primary.
The new 17th district includes the home of incumbent Republican Jeffrey Timberlake, who had represented the 22nd district since 2018.
The new 18th district includes the home of incumbent Republican Rick Bennett, who had represented the 19th district since 2020.
The new 19th district includes the home of incumbent Republican Lisa Keim, who had represented the 18th district since 2016.
Incumbent Democrat Ned Claxton had represented the 20th district since 2018. Claxton did not seek re-election.
Incumbent Democrat Nate Libby had represented the 21st district since 2014. Libby was term-limited.
The new 22nd was an open seat which was expected to favor Republicans.
The new 23rd district includes the home of incumbent Democrat Mattie Daughtry, who had represented the 24th district since 2020.
The new 24th district includes the home of incumbent Democrat Eloise Vitelli, who had represented the 23rd district since 2016.
Incumbent Democrat Cathy Breen had represented the 25th district since 2014. Breen was term-limited.
Incumbent Democrat Bill Diamond had represented the 26th district since 2014. Diamond was term-limited.
The new 27th district includes the home of incumbent Democrat Heather Sanborn, who had represented the 28th district since 2018. Sanborn did not seek re-election. Jill Duson was the Democratic nominee.
The new 28th district includes the home of incumbent Democrat Ben Chipman, who had represented the 27th district since 2016.
Incumbent Democrat Anne Carney had represented the 29th district since 2020.
Incumbent Democrat Stacy Brenner had represented the 30th district since 2020.
Incumbent Democrat Donna Bailey had represented the 31st district since 2020.
Incumbent Democrat Susan Deschambault had represented the 32nd district since 2016. Deschambault was term-limited.
Incumbent Republican David Woodsome had represented the 33rd district since 2014. Woodsome was term-limited.
Incumbent Democrat Joe Rafferty had represented the 34th district since 2020.
Incumbent Democrat Mark Lawrence had represented the 35th district since 2018.
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