Maine Senate


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.

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 Senate

Officers

PositionNameParty
President of the SenateTroy JacksonDem
Majority LeaderNate LibbyDem
Assistant Majority LeaderEloise VitelliDem
Minority LeaderDana DowRep
Assistant Minority LeaderJeffrey TimberlakeRep
Secretary of the SenateDarek GrantNon-Partisan
Assistant Secretary of the SenateMarcia HomsteadNon-Partisan

Members of the Maine Senate

Districts are currently numbered starting with 1 from north to south. This is reversed after each decennial redistricting, which will next occur in 2021 and will go into effect beginning with the 2022 primary and general elections. The current district lines, which were drawn in 2013 and were first used in the 2014 primary and general elections, will only be in effect for 8 years rather than the usual 10 as Maine adjusts its legislative redistricting cycle to conform with most other states.
↑ denotes that the Senator first won in a special election
DistrictSenatorPartyResidencePrimary CountyFirst electedTerm limited
1Troy JacksonDemAllagashAroostook2016 2024
2Michael E. CarpenterDemHoultonAroostook2016 2024
3Bradlee FarrinRepNorridgewockSomerset20182026
4Paul DavisRepSangervillePiscataquis2014 2022
5Jim DillDemOld TownPenobscot20142022
6Marianne MooreRepCalaisWashington20182026
7Louis LuchiniDemEllsworthHancock20182026
8Kimberley RosenRepBucksportHancock20142022
9Geoffrey GratwickDemBangorPenobscot20122020
10Stacey GuerinRepGlenburnPenobscot20182026
11Erin HerbigDemBelfastWaldo20182026
12David MiramantDemCamdenKnox20142022
13Dana DowRepWaldoboroLincoln2016 2024
14Shenna BellowsDemManchesterKennebec20162024
15Matthew PouliotRepAugustaKennebec20182026
16Scott CyrwayRepBentonKennebec20142022
17Russell BlackRepWiltonFranklin20182026
18Lisa KeimRepDixfieldOxford20162024
19James HamperRepOxfordOxford20122020
20Ned ClaxtonDemAuburnAndroscoggin20182026
21Nate LibbyDemLewistonAndroscoggin20142022
22Jeffrey TimberlakeRepTurnerAndroscoggin20182026
23Eloise VitelliDemArrowsicSagadahoc2016 2024
24Everett "Brownie" CarsonDemBrunswickCumberland20162024
25Cathy BreenDemFalmouthCumberland20142022
26Bill DiamondDemWindhamCumberland2014 2022
27Ben ChipmanDemPortlandCumberland20162024
28Heather SanbornDemPortlandCumberland20182026
29Rebecca MillettDemCape ElizabethCumberland20122020
30Linda SanbornDemGorhamCumberland20182026
31Justin ChenetteDemSacoYork20162024
32Susan DeschambaultDemBiddefordYork2016↑2022
33David WoodsomeRepWaterboroYork20142022
34Robert FoleyRepWellsYork20182026
35Mark LawrenceDemEliotYork2018 2026

Past composition of the Senate