2014 Maine Senate election

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All 35 seats in theMaine 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 ElectedPresident of the Senate Michael Thibodeau Republican

The2014 Maine Senate election was held on November 4, 2014, to determine which party would control theMaine Senate for the following two years in the127th Maine Legislature. All 35 seats in theMaine Senate were up for election and the primary was held on June 10, 2014. Prior to the election, 19 seats were held byDemocrats, with 1Independentcaucusing with them, and 15 seats were held byRepublicans. The general election saw Republicans flip 5 seats, thereby regaining their majority in the State Senate that they had lost following the2012 election.^[1]

1. District 11:Richard G. Woodbury retired.

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

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

1. District 4:Douglas Thomas lost renomination toPaul Davis.

1. District 16:Colleen Machowicz lost re-election toScott Cyrway.
2. District 20:John Cleveland lost re-election toEric Brakey.
3. District 23:Eloise Vitelli lost re-election toLinda Baker.
4. District 30:James Boyle lost re-election toAmy Volk.
5. District 33:John Tuttle lost re-election toDavid Woodsome.

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%

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