Maine State Senate

Maine  State Senate

Summary

The Maine Senate is the upper house of the Maine Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. The Senate currently consists of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state, though the Maine Constitution allows for “an odd number of Senators, not less than 31 nor more than 35”.Unlike the lower House, the Senate does not set aside nonvoting seats for Native tribes. Because it is a part-time position, members of the Maine Senate usually have outside employment as well.

The Senate meets at the Maine State House in Augusta. Members are limited to four consecutive terms with each term being two years but may run again after a two-year wait.

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The Maine Senate is the upper house of the Maine Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. The Senate currently consists of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state, though the Maine Constitution allows for "an odd number of Senators, not less than 31 nor more than 35".[1] Unlike the lower House, the Senate does not set aside nonvoting seats for Native tribes. Because it is a part-time position, members of the Maine Senate usually have outside employment as well.

The Senate meets at the Maine State House in Augusta. Members are limited to four consecutive terms with each term being two years but may run again after a two-year wait.

Leadership

Unlike many U.S. states, the Senate's leader is not the lieutenant governor, as Maine does not have a lieutenant governor. Instead, the Senate chooses its own president, who is also the first in the line of gubernatorial succession.

Composition of the 131st (2022–2024) Maine Senate

AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
DemocraticRepublicanIndepend.Vacant
Begin 126th Legislature (Dec. 2012)19151350
End 126th Legislature
Begin 127th Legislature (Dec. 2014)[a]14210350
End 127th Legislature1520
Begin 128th Legislature (Dec. 2016)17180350
End 128th Legislature
Begin 129th Legislature (Dec. 2018)21140350
End 129th Legislature
Begin 130th Legislature (Dec. 2020)[b]22130350
End 130th Legislature
Begin 131st Legislature (Dec. 2022)22130350
Latest voting share62.9%37.1%0%

Officers

PositionNameParty
President of the SenateTroy JacksonDem
Majority LeaderEloise VitelliDem
Assistant Majority LeaderMattie DaughtryDem
Minority LeaderTrey StewartRep
Assistant Minority LeaderLisa KeimRep
Secretary of the SenateDarek GrantNon-Partisan
Assistant Secretary of the SenateJared RoyNon-Partisan

Members of the Maine Senate

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

DistrictSenatorPartyMun. of residenceCty. of residenceFirst electedTerm limited
1Troy JacksonDemAllagashAroostook2016 (2008–2014)2024
2Trey StewartRepPresque IsleAroostook20202028
3Bradlee FarrinRepNorridgewockSomerset20182026
4Stacey GuerinRepGlenburnPenobscot20182026
5Russell BlackRepWiltonFranklin20182026
6Marianne MooreRepCalaisWashington20182026
7Nicole GrohoskiDemEllsworthHancock2022↑2030
8Mike TippingDemOronoPenobscot20222030
9Joe BaldacciDemBangorPenobscot20202028
10Peter LyfordRepEddingtonPenobscot20222030
11Chip CurryDemBelfastWaldo20202028
12Anne "Pinny" Beebe-CenterDemRocklandKnox20222030
13Cameron RenyDemBristolLincoln20222030
14Craig HickmanDemWinthropKennebec2021↑2028
15Matthew PouliotRepAugustaKennebec20182026
16David LaFountainDemWinslowKennebec20222030
17Jeffrey TimberlakeRepTurnerAndroscoggin20182026
18Richard A. BennettRepOxfordOxford2020 (1996–2004)2028
19Lisa KeimRepDixfieldOxford20162024
20Eric BrakeyRepAuburnAndroscoggin2022 (2014–2018)2030
21Peggy RotundoDemLewistonAndroscoggin20222030
22James D. LibbyRepStandishCumberland2022 (1996-2000)2030
23Mattie DaughtryDemBrunswickCumberland20202028
24Eloise VitelliDemArrowsicSagadahoc2016 (2013↑–2014)2024
25Teresa PierceDemFalmouthCumberland20222030
26Timothy NangleDemWindhamCumberland20222030
27Jill DusonDemPortlandCumberland20222030
28Ben ChipmanDemPortlandCumberland20162024
29Anne CarneyDemCape ElizabethCumberland20202028
30Stacy BrennerDemScarboroughCumberland20202028
31Donna BaileyDemSacoYork20202028
32Henry IngwersenDemArundelYork20222030
33Matthew HarringtonRepSanfordYork20222030
34Joe RaffertyDemKennebunkYork20202028
35Mark LawrenceDemEliotYork2018 (1992–2000)2026

Past composition of the Senate

Notable former members

Notes

  1. ^ Includes a provisionally sworn-in Republican Sen.-elect who was subsequently revealed to have lost her election and replaced with the actual winner, a Democrat.
  2. ^ Includes a Sen.-elect who declined to take the oath of office.

References

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