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Maine State Senate | |
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| Maine State Legislature | |
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Term limits | 4 terms (8 years) consecutive |
| History | |
New session started | December 4, 2024 |
| Leadership | |
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Minority Leader | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 35 |
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Political groups | Majority
Minority
Independents
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Length of term | 2 years |
| Authority | Article IV, Part Second,Maine Constitution |
| Salary | Session 1: $13,526/year Session 2: $9,661/year + per diem |
| Elections | |
Last election | November 5, 2024 (all 35 seats) |
Next election | November 3, 2026 (all 35 seats) |
| Redistricting | Legislative control |
| Meeting place | |
| State Senate Chamber Maine State House Augusta,Maine  | |
| Website | |
| Maine State Senate | |
TheMaine Senate is theupper house of theMaine Legislature, thestate legislature of theU.S. state ofMaine. The Senate currently consists of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state, though theMaine Constitution allows for "an odd number of Senators, not less than 31 nor more than 35".[1] Unlike the lowerHouse, the Senate does not set aside nonvoting seats forNative tribes. Because it is a part-time position, members of the Maine Senate usually have outside employment as well.
The Senate meets at theMaine State House inAugusta. Members are limited to four consecutive terms with each term being two years but may run again after a two-year wait.
Unlike manyU.S. states, the Senate's leader is not thelieutenant governor, asMaine does not have a lieutenant governor. Instead, the Senate chooses itsown president, who is also the first in the line ofgubernatorial succession.
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
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| Democratic | Republican | Ind | Vacant | ||
| Begin 126th Legislature (Dec. 2012) | 19 | 15 | 1 | 35 | 0 |
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| Begin 127th Legislature (Dec. 2014)[a] | 14 | 21 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| End 127th Legislature | 15 | 20 | |||
| Begin 128th Legislature (Dec. 2016) | 17 | 18 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
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| Begin 129th Legislature (Dec. 2018) | 21 | 14 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
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| Begin 130th Legislature (Dec. 2020)[b] | 22 | 13 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
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| Begin 131st Legislature (Dec. 2022) | 22 | 13 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| End 131st Legislature | 12 | 34 | 1 | ||
| Begin 132nd Legislature (Dec. 2024) | 20 | 15 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| June 24, 2025[c] | 14 | 1 | |||
| Latest voting share | 57.1% | 40% | 2.9% | ||
| Position | Name | Party |
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| President of the Senate | Mattie Daughtry | Dem |
| Majority Leader | Teresa Pierce | Dem |
| Assistant Majority Leader | Jill Duson | Dem |
| Minority Leader | Trey Stewart | Rep |
| Assistant Minority Leader | Matthew Harrington | Rep |
| Secretary of the Senate | Darek Grant | Non-Partisan |
| Assistant Secretary of the Senate | Jared Roy | Non-Partisan |
Districts are currently numbered starting with 1 from north to south. While this is often reversed in the decennial redistricting, it was not reversed in the redistricting which occurred in 2021 and which went into effect beginning with the 2022 primary and general elections. The previous district lines, which were drawn in 2013 and were first used in the 2014 primary and general elections, were only in effect for 8 years rather than the usual 10 as Maine adjusted its legislative redistricting cycle to conform with most other states.
↑ denotes that the Senator first won in a special election
Bennett, a longtime Republican lawmaker from Oxford, said in an interview Monday that he would be unenrolling from the Republican party and that he is running for governor to bring a new approach to the office.
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