2014 Maine Senate election

none 2014 Maine Senate election Maine Legislative Popular No 2012 Maine Senate election 2012 2016 Maine Senate election 2016 All 35 seats in the Maine Senate 18 November 4, 2014 150x150px File:3x4.svg Michael Thibodeau(redistricted) Republican Party (United States) December 5, 2012 District 23 15 20 5 File:3x4.svg Justin Alfond(redistricted) Democratic Party (United States) December 5, 2012 District 8 20Includes one Independent who caucused with the Democrats. 15 5 President of the Senate Justin Alfond Democratic Party (United States) Michael Thibodeau Republican Party (United States) 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 one Independent caucusing with them, and 15 seats were held by Republicans. The general election saw Republicans flip five seats, thereby regaining their majority in the State Senate that they had lost following the 2012 election.https://ballotpedia.org/Maine_State_Senate_elections,_2014 Maine State Senate elections, 2014 ballotpedia.org December 7, 2025 Predictions SourceRankingAs of GoverningLuzer Daniel October 20, 2014 Only a Few 2014 Legislative Races Are Competitive https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-legislative-handicapping-update-late-october.html December 7, 2025 Governing en | Lean D October 20, 2014 Retirements Independents District 11: Richard G. Woodbury retired. Democrats District 16: Margaret Craven retired. District 22: Edward Mazurek retired. District 30: Emily Cain retired to unsuccessfully run for Maine's 2nd congressional district. District 35: Troy Jackson retired to unsuccessfully run for Maine's 2nd congressional district. Republicans District 12: Gary Plummer retired. District 21: Patrick Flood retired. District 34: Roger Sherman was term-limited. Incumbents defeated In primary Republicans District 4: Douglas Thomas lost renomination to Paul Davis. In general Democrats District 16: Colleen Machowicz lost re-election to Scott Cyrway. District 20: John Cleveland lost re-election to Eric Brakey. District 23: Eloise Vitelli lost re-election to Linda Baker. District 30: James Boyle lost re-election to Amy Volk. District 33: John Tuttle lost re-election to David Woodsome. Closest races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%: blue District 25, 0.14% blue District 21, 0.62% (gain) red District 11, 0.74% red District 2, 1.54% blue District 13, 1.86% blue District 12, 4.14% (gain) red District 23, 5.44% (gain) red District 1, 5.50% (gain) red District 30, 5.94% (gain) blue District 9, 6.06% blue District 18, 8.44% Results District 1 District 1 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Peter Edgecomb 7,935 52.75% Democratic Party (United States) Charles Theriault 7,107 47.25% 15,042 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 2 District 2 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Michael Willette 7,626 50.77% Democratic Party (United States) Michael E. Carpenter 7,394 49.23% 15,020 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 3 District 3 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Rodney Whittemore (incumbent) 10,103 66.88% Democratic Party (United States) Craig Heavey 5,004 33.12% 15,107 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 4 District 4 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Paul Davis 11,615 75.33% Democratic Party (United States) David Ziemer 3,804 24.67% 15,419 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 5 District 5 election, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) James Dill 8,638 58.80% Republican Party (United States) Mitchell McLaughlin 6,052 41.20% 14,690 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 6 District 6 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) David C. Burns (incumbent) 8,474 55.49% Democratic Party (United States) Anne C. Perry 6,796 44.51% 15,270 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 7 District 7 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Brian Langley (incumbent) 10,384 55.11% Democratic Party (United States) Theodore Koffman 8,458 44.89% 18,842 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 8 District 8 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Kimberley Rosen 9,671 56.10% Democratic Party (United States) Paul P. Davis 7,569 43.90% 17,240 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 9 District 9 election, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) Geoffrey Gratwick (incumbent) 7,538 53.03% Republican Party (United States) Cary Weston 6,677 46.97% 14,215 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 10 District 10 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Andre Cushing III (incumbent) 10,434 69.42% Democratic Party (United States) Jarric Fontaine 4,597 30.58% 15,031 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 11 District 11 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Michael Thibodeau (incumbent) 9,109 50.37% Democratic Party (United States) Jonathon Fulford 8,974 49.63% 18,083 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 12 District 12 election, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) David Miramant 9,162 52.07% Republican Party (United States) Paula Sutton 8,434 47.93% 17,596 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 13 District 13 election, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) Chris Johnson (incumbent) 9,492 50.93% Republican Party (United States) Leslie Fossel 9,146 49.07% 18,638 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 14 District 14 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Earle McCormick 9,741 52.75% Democratic Party (United States) David Bustin 7,219 39.10% Independent (United States) Gary Quintal 1,504 8.15% 18,464 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 15 District 15 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Roger Katz (incumbent) 11,938 72.18% Democratic Party (United States) Rebecca Cornell du Houx 4,600 27.82% 16,538 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 16 District 16 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Scott Cyrway 8,523 55.13% Democratic Party (United States) Colleen Machowicz (incumbent) 6,936 44.87% 15,459 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 17 District 17 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Thomas Saviello (incumbent) 12,529 72.01% Democratic Party (United States) Joanne Dunlap 4,869 27.99% 17,398 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 18 District 18 election, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) John Patrick (incumbent) 9,136 54.22% Republican Party (United States) Joseph Martin 7,714 45.78% 16,850 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 19 District 19 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) James Hamper (incumbent) 10,386 62.49% Democratic Party (United States) Rose Roger-Wells 6,234 37.51% 16,620 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 20 District 20 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Eric Brakey 10,138 58.66% Democratic Party (United States) John Cleveland (incumbent) 7,144 41.34% 17,282 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 21 District 21 election, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) Nathan Libby 6,646 50.31% Republican Party (United States) Patrica Gagne 6,563 49.69% 13,209 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 22 District 22 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Garrett Mason (incumbent) 9,633 57.01% Democratic Party (United States) Guy Desjardins 7,264 42.99% 16,897 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 23 District 23 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Linda Baker 8,916 46.83% Democratic Party (United States) Eloise Vitelli (incumbent) 7,880 41.39% Green Party (United States) Alice Knapp 2,243 11.78% 19,039 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 24 District 24 election, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) Stanley Gerzofsky (incumbent) 9,779 48.34% Republican Party (United States) Jennifer Johnson 6,933 34.27% Green Party (United States) Fred Horch 3,518 17.39% 20,230 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 25 District 25 election, 2014Due 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. Democratic Party (United States) Cathy Breen 10,930 50.07% Republican Party (United States) Cathy Manchester 10,898 49.93% 21,828 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 26 District 26 election, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) William Diamond 10,389 63.05% Republican Party (United States) Kalie Warren 6,087 36.95% 16,476 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 27 District 27 election, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) Justin Alfond (incumbent) 11,376 67.55% Green Party (United States) Asher Platts 2,852 16.94% Republican Party (United States) Peter Doyle 2,612 15.51% 16,840 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 28 District 28 election, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) Anne Haskel (incumbent) 11,934 74.04% Green Party (United States) Owen Hill 4,185 25.96% 16,119 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 29 District 29 election, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) Rebecca Millett (incumbent) 9,926 53.58% Republican Party (United States) William DeSena 6,527 35.23% Green Party (United States) Mark Diehl 2,073 11.19% 18,526 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 30 District 30 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Amy Volk 10,295 52.97% Democratic Party (United States) James Boyle (incumbent) 9,139 47.03% 19,434 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 31 District 31 election, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) Linda Valentino (incumbent) 9,785 59.70% Republican Party (United States) Michael Coleman 6,604 40.30% 16,389 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 32 District 32 election, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) David Dutremble (incumbent) 8,740 55.29% Republican Party (United States) James Booth 7,067 44.71% 15,807 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 33 District 33 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) David Woodsome 8,736 59.15% Democratic Party (United States) John Tuttle (incumbent) 6,033 40.85% 14,769 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 34 District 34 election, 2014 Republican Party (United States) Ronald F. Collins (incumbent) 8,523 48.90% Democratic Party (United States) Gary Connor 6,600 37.87% Maine Families Party Richard Burns 2,305 13.23% 17,428 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 35 District 35 election, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) Dawn Hill (incumbent) 10,701 59.97% Republican Party (United States) John Carson 7,142 40.03% 17,843 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Notes References Category:2014 elections in Maine Category:Maine Senate elections Category:November 2014 in the United States Category:2014 state legislature elections in the United States