2014 Maine Senate election

2014 Maine Senate election
November 4, 2014
All 35 seats in the Maine Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Michael Thibodeau
(redistricted) 		Justin Alfond
(redistricted)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since December 5, 2012 December 5, 2012
Leader's seat District 23 District 8
Last election 15 20[a]
Seats after 20 15
Seat change 5 5
President of the Senate before election

Justin Alfond
Democratic

Elected President of the Senate

Michael Thibodeau
Republican

The 2014 Maine Senate election was held on November 4, 2014, to determine which party would control the Maine Senate for the following two years in the 127th Maine Legislature. All 35 seats in the Maine Senate were up for election and the primary was held on June 10, 2014. Prior to the election, 19 seats were held by Democrats, with 1 Independent caucusing with them, and 15 seats were held by Republicans. The general election saw Republicans flip 5 seats, thereby regaining their majority in the State Senate that they had lost following the 2012 election.[1]

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Governing[2] Lean D October 20, 2014

Retirements

Independents

  1. District 11: Richard G. Woodbury retired.

Democrats

  1. District 16: Margaret Craven retired.
  2. District 22: Edward Mazurek retired.
  3. District 30: Emily Cain retired to unsuccessfully run for Maine's 2nd congressional district.
  4. District 35: Troy Jackson retired to unsuccessfully run for Maine's 2nd congressional district.

Republicans

  1. District 12: Gary Plummer retired.
  2. District 21: Patrick Flood retired.
  3. District 34: Roger Sherman was term-limited.

Incumbents defeated

In primary

Republicans

  1. District 4: Douglas Thomas lost renomination to Paul Davis.

In general

Democrats

  1. District 16: Colleen Machowicz lost re-election to Scott Cyrway.
  2. District 20: John Cleveland lost re-election to Eric Brakey.
  3. District 23: Eloise Vitelli lost re-election to Linda Baker.
  4. District 30: James Boyle lost re-election to Amy Volk.
  5. District 33: John Tuttle lost re-election to David Woodsome.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 25, 0.14%
  2. District 21, 0.62% (gain)
  3. District 11, 0.74%
  4. District 2, 1.54%
  5. District 13, 1.86%
  6. District 12, 4.14% (gain)
  7. District 23, 5.44% (gain)
  8. District 1, 5.50% (gain)
  9. District 30, 5.94% (gain)
  10. District 9, 6.06%
  11. District 18, 8.44%

Results

District 1

District 1 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter Edgecomb 7,935 52.75%
Democratic Charles Theriault 7,107 47.25%
Total votes 15,042 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 2

District 2 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Willette 7,626 50.77%
Democratic Michael E. Carpenter 7,394 49.23%
Total votes 15,020 100.0%
Republican hold

District 3

District 3 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rodney Whittemore (incumbent) 10,103 66.88%
Democratic Craig Heavey 5,004 33.12%
Total votes 15,107 100.0%
Republican hold

District 4

District 4 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Davis 11,615 75.33%
Democratic David Ziemer 3,804 24.67%
Total votes 15,419 100.0%
Republican hold

District 5

District 5 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Dill 8,638 58.80%
Republican Mitchell McLaughlin 6,052 41.20%
Total votes 14,690 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 6

District 6 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David C. Burns (incumbent) 8,474 55.49%
Democratic Anne C. Perry 6,796 44.51%
Total votes 15,270 100.0%
Republican hold

District 7

District 7 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Langley (incumbent) 10,384 55.11%
Democratic Theodore Koffman 8,458 44.89%
Total votes 18,842 100.0%
Republican hold

District 8

District 8 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kimberley Rosen 9,671 56.10%
Democratic Paul P. Davis 7,569 43.90%
Total votes 17,240 100.0%
Republican hold

District 9

District 9 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Geoffrey Gratwick (incumbent) 7,538 53.03%
Republican Cary Weston 6,677 46.97%
Total votes 14,215 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 10

District 10 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Andre Cushing III (incumbent) 10,434 69.42%
Democratic Jarric Fontaine 4,597 30.58%
Total votes 15,031 100.0%
Republican hold

District 11

District 11 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Thibodeau (incumbent) 9,109 50.37%
Democratic Jonathon Fulford 8,974 49.63%
Total votes 18,083 100.0%
Republican hold

District 12

District 12 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Miramant 9,162 52.07%
Republican Paula Sutton 8,434 47.93%
Total votes 17,596 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 13

District 13 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Johnson (incumbent) 9,492 50.93%
Republican Leslie Fossel 9,146 49.07%
Total votes 18,638 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 14

District 14 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Earle McCormick 9,741 52.75%
Democratic David Bustin 7,219 39.10%
Independent Gary Quintal 1,504 8.15%
Total votes 18,464 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 15

District 15 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Roger Katz (incumbent) 11,938 72.18%
Democratic Rebecca Cornell du Houx 4,600 27.82%
Total votes 16,538 100.0%
Republican hold

District 16

District 16 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Cyrway 8,523 55.13%
Democratic Colleen Machowicz (incumbent) 6,936 44.87%
Total votes 15,459 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 17

District 17 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas Saviello (incumbent) 12,529 72.01%
Democratic Joanne Dunlap 4,869 27.99%
Total votes 17,398 100.0%
Republican hold

District 18

District 18 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Patrick (incumbent) 9,136 54.22%
Republican Joseph Martin 7,714 45.78%
Total votes 16,850 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 19

District 19 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James Hamper (incumbent) 10,386 62.49%
Democratic Rose Roger-Wells 6,234 37.51%
Total votes 16,620 100.0%
Republican hold

District 20

District 20 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Eric Brakey 10,138 58.66%
Democratic John Cleveland (incumbent) 7,144 41.34%
Total votes 17,282 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 21

District 21 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nathan Libby 6,646 50.31%
Republican Patrica Gagne 6,563 49.69%
Total votes 13,209 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 22

District 22 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Garrett Mason (incumbent) 9,633 57.01%
Democratic Guy Desjardins 7,264 42.99%
Total votes 16,897 100.0%
Republican hold

District 23

District 23 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Linda Baker 8,916 46.83%
Democratic Eloise Vitelli (incumbent) 7,880 41.39%
Green Alice Knapp 2,243 11.78%
Total votes 19,039 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 24

District 24 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stanley Gerzofsky (incumbent) 9,779 48.34%
Republican Jennifer Johnson 6,933 34.27%
Green Fred Horch 3,518 17.39%
Total votes 20,230 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 25

District 25 election, 2014[b]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cathy Breen 10,930 50.07%
Republican Cathy Manchester 10,898 49.93%
Total votes 21,828 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 26

District 26 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William Diamond 10,389 63.05%
Republican Kalie Warren 6,087 36.95%
Total votes 16,476 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 27

District 27 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Justin Alfond (incumbent) 11,376 67.55%
Green Asher Platts 2,852 16.94%
Republican Peter Doyle 2,612 15.51%
Total votes 16,840 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 28

District 28 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anne Haskel (incumbent) 11,934 74.04%
Green Owen Hill 4,185 25.96%
Total votes 16,119 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 29

District 29 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rebecca Millett (incumbent) 9,926 53.58%
Republican William DeSena 6,527 35.23%
Green Mark Diehl 2,073 11.19%
Total votes 18,526 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 30

District 30 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Amy Volk 10,295 52.97%
Democratic James Boyle (incumbent) 9,139 47.03%
Total votes 19,434 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 31

District 31 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Linda Valentino (incumbent) 9,785 59.70%
Republican Michael Coleman 6,604 40.30%
Total votes 16,389 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 32

District 32 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Dutremble (incumbent) 8,740 55.29%
Republican James Booth 7,067 44.71%
Total votes 15,807 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 33

District 33 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Woodsome 8,736 59.15%
Democratic John Tuttle (incumbent) 6,033 40.85%
Total votes 14,769 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 34

District 34 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ronald F. Collins (incumbent) 8,523 48.90%
Democratic Gary Connor 6,600 37.87%
Maine Families Party Richard Burns 2,305 13.23%
Total votes 17,428 100.0%
Republican hold

District 35

District 35 election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dawn Hill (incumbent) 10,701 59.97%
Republican John Carson 7,142 40.03%
Total votes 17,843 100.0%
Democratic hold

Notes

  1. ^ Includes one Independent who caucused with the Democrats.
  2. ^ Due to the close nature of these election results, Republican nominee Cathy Manchester requested a recount. The recount was held on November 18 and reversed the outcome of the race, with Manchester at 10,927 votes and Breen at 10,916. Manchester was provisionally seated by the Senate on December 3, however Democrats objected to the recount results and on December 9, a Senate committee inspection revealed that the 21 ballots for Manchester were mistakenly counted twice. Upon this rectification, Manchester resigned and Breen was certified the winner.

References

  1. ^ "Maine State Senate elections, 2014". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  2. ^ Luzer, Daniel (October 20, 2014). "Only a Few 2014 Legislative Races Are Competitive". Governing. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
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