Maine House

2020 Election Update

Heading into the 2020 election, Democrats controlled the Maine House 89 to 56 to 6 (Independents). Democrats lost nine seats (HDs 7, 10, 58, 64, 74, 78, 88, 107, and 143). In addition, Independents lost two seats to Republicans (HDs 16 and 82). Democrats remain in control of the chamber 80 to 67 to 4.

The below table shows 2020 and 2018 election results for the Maine House. The LDI scores are for the 2020 cycle. EveryDistrict will release new scores and district rankings after the redistricting process.

2018 Election Update

After the 2016 election, Democrats controlled the Maine State House 77-72 with two Independents. Heading into the 2018 election, Democrats controlled the chamber 75-71-5 (two Democrats and one Republican switched their party affiliation to Independent).

In the 2018 election, Democrats flipped 12 Republican-held and four Independent-held seats. Democrats lost two Republican-held seats, and Republicans lost three seats to Independents. Democrats grew their majority to 89-57-5.

Democrats flipped HD 9, HD 28, HD 29, HD 46, HD 89, HD 7, HD 113, HD 53, HD 128, HD 10, HD 98, and HD 88. Democrats lost HD 121 and HD 115.

In January 2019, Rep. Don Marean (HD 16) switched his party affiliation from Republican to Independent, leaving control of the chamber at 89-56-6.

Understanding the Map

EveryDistrict’s Legislative District Index (LDI) is the gold standard of state legislative competitiveness. Our LDI ranks state legislative districts on a scale from 100 to -100, using statewide elections data. Districts with a score of 100 would vote for statewide Democratic candidates by an average of 100 points (with the Democratic candidate receiving 100% of the vote); districts with a score of -100 would vote for statewide Republican candidates by an average of 100 points (with the Republican candidate receiving 100% of the vote). For a more realistic example, a district with a score of 10 would vote for statewide Democratic candidates by an average of 10 points (meaning we would expect the Democratic state legislative candidate to win with 55% of the vote compared to the Republican winning 45% of the vote).

After the 2018 election, EveryDistrict reviewed and enhanced our LDI system, improving the accuracy of the metric with new methodologies and the most recent electoral data.

For more information about EveryDistrict’s LDI, please click here.