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 132nd (2024–2026) 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
End 131st Legislature12341
Begin 132nd Legislature (Dec. 2024)20150350
Latest voting share57.1%42.9%0%

Officers

PositionNameParty
President of the SenateMattie DaughtryDem
Majority LeaderTeresa PierceDem
Assistant Majority LeaderJill DusonDem
Minority LeaderTrey StewartRep
Assistant Minority LeaderMatthew HarringtonRep
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
1Susan BernardRepCaribouAroostook20242032
2Trey StewartRepPresque IsleAroostook20202028
3Brad FarrinRepNorridgewockSomerset20182026
4Stacey GuerinRepGlenburnPenobscot20182026
5Russell BlackRepWiltonFranklin20182026
6Marianne MooreRepCalaisWashington20182026
7Nicole GrohoskiDemEllsworthHancock2022↑2030
8Mike TippingDemOronoPenobscot20222030
9Joe BaldacciDemBangorPenobscot20202028
10David HagganRepHampdenPenobscot20242032
11Chip CurryDemBelfastWaldo20202028
12Pinny Beebe-CenterDemRocklandKnox20222030
13Cameron RenyDemBristolLincoln20222030
14Craig HickmanDemWinthropKennebec2021↑2028
15Richard BradstreetRepVassalboroKennebec20242032
16Scott CyrwayRepAlbionKennebec2024 (2014-2022)2032
17Jeff TimberlakeRepTurnerAndroscoggin20182026
18Rick BennettRepOxfordOxford2020 (1996–2004)2028
19Joseph MartinRepRumfordOxford20242032
20Bruce BickfordRepAuburnAndroscoggin20242032
21Peggy RotundoDemLewistonAndroscoggin20222030
22James LibbyRepStandishCumberland2022 (1996–2000)2030
23Mattie DaughtryDemBrunswickCumberland20202028
24Denise TeplerDemTopshamSagadahoc20242032
25Teresa PierceDemFalmouthCumberland20222030
26Tim NangleDemWindhamCumberland20222030
27Jill DusonDemPortlandCumberland20222030
28Rachel Talbot RossDemPortlandCumberland20242032
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.

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