2020 Maine Senate election

The 2020 Maine State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election using instant-runoff voting being held on July 14, 2020, to elect the 130th Maine Senate. 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. Republicans only needed to gain four seats to win control of the chamber; they instead gained only one and lost another two, resulting in a net increase in the Democratic Party's majority.

2020 Maine Senate election

November 3, 2020

All 35 seats in the Maine Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Troy Jackson Dana Dow
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 1st 13th
(lost re-election)
Seats before 21 14
Seats won 22 13
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 418,062 369,474
Percentage 52.9% 46.7%
Swing 3.0% 3.5%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain

Senate President before election

Troy Jackson
Democratic

Elected Senate President

Troy Jackson
Democratic

The primary elections were held on July 14, 2020.

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