The 2024 Maine State Senate election will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, with the primary election using instant-runoff voting to be held on June 11, 2024, to elect the 132nd Maine Senate.[1] 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.
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All 35 seats in the Maine State Senate 18 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Map of the incumbents: Democratic incumbent Democratic term-limited or retiring Republican incumbent Republican term-limited or retiring | |||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editDemocrats have maintained control of the state senate since the 2018 election and the state house since the 2012 election.
Retirements
editSeven incumbents will not seek re-election.
Democrats
edit- District 1: Troy Jackson is term-limited.
- District 16: David LaFountain is retiring.[2]
- District 24: Eloise Vitelli is term-limited.
- District 28: Ben Chipman is term-limited.
Republicans
edit- District 15: Matthew Pouliot is retiring.[3]
- District 19: Lisa Keim is term-limited (running for Oxford County Commission).[4]
- District 20: Eric Brakey is retiring.[5]
Incumbents defeated
editIn primary election
editOne incumbent senator, a Republican, was defeated in the June 11 primary election.
Republicans
edit- District 10: Peter Lyford lost renomination to David Haggan.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Maine State Senate elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- ^ "Central Maine Democrats pick new candidates for local legislative ballots, including Waterville-area Senate race". centralmaine.com. July 19, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
Nathaniel White of Fairfield will take on Rep. Scott Cyrway, an Albion Republican, in the Senate District 16 race in November.
- ^ Hilton, AnnMarie (January 16, 2024). "Three-term Augusta senator announces he won't seek reelection". Maine Morning Star. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ Sherlock, Steve (April 9, 2024). "Oxford County Commissioners Steven Merrill and David Duguay stepping down". Sun Journal. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
Keim, the assistant Republican minority leader in the Senate, is seeking Duguay's commission seat in the Republican primary.
- ^ Collins, Steve (November 30, 2023). "Eric Brakey won't seek reelection, plans to move to New Hampshire". Lewiston Sun Journal. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ Shepherd, Michael (June 11, 2024). "Hampden's David Haggan ousts Brewer-area state senator in Republican primary". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved June 12, 2024.