Maine Senate

Maine State Senate
Maine State Senate
Maine State Legislature
Type
Type	Upper house
Term limits	4 terms (8 years)
History
New session started	December 7, 2022
Leadership
President	Troy Jackson (D) ; since December 5, 2018
Majority Leader	Eloise Vitelli (D) ; since February 1, 2021
Minority Leader	Trey Stewart (R) ; since December 7, 2022
Structure
Seats	35
Political groups	Majority Democratic (22); Minority Republican (13);
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 8, 2022; (all 35 seats)
Next election	November 5, 2024; (all 35 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative control
Meeting place
	State Senate Chamber; Maine State House; Augusta, Maine;
Website
	Maine State Senate

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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

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total

	Democratic	Republican	Independ.		Vacant

Begin 126th Legislature (Dec. 2012)	19	15	1	35	0
End 126th Legislature	19	15	1	35	0

Begin 127th Legislature (Dec. 2014)^[a]	14	21	0	35	0
End 127th Legislature	15	20	0	35	0

Begin 128th Legislature (Dec. 2016)	17	18	0	35	0
End 128th Legislature	17	18	0	35	0

Begin 129th Legislature (Dec. 2018)	21	14	0	35	0
End 129th Legislature	21	14	0	35	0

Begin 130th Legislature (Dec. 2020)^[b]	22	13	0	35	0
End 130th Legislature	22	13	0	35	0

Begin 131st Legislature (Dec. 2022)	22	13	0	35	0
Latest voting share	62.9%	37.1%	0%

Officers

Position	Name	Party
President of the Senate	Troy Jackson	Dem
Majority Leader	Eloise Vitelli	Dem
Assistant Majority Leader	Mattie Daughtry	Dem
Minority Leader	Trey Stewart	Rep
Assistant Minority Leader	Lisa Keim	Rep
Secretary of the Senate	Darek Grant	Non-Partisan
Assistant Secretary of the Senate	Jared Roy	Non-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

District	Senator	Party	Mun. of residence	Cty. of residence	First elected	Term limited
1	Troy Jackson	Dem	Allagash	Aroostook	2016 (2008–2014)	2024
2	Trey Stewart	Rep	Presque Isle	Aroostook	2020	2028
3	Bradlee Farrin	Rep	Norridgewock	Somerset	2018	2026
4	Stacey Guerin	Rep	Glenburn	Penobscot	2018	2026
5	Russell Black	Rep	Wilton	Franklin	2018	2026
6	Marianne Moore	Rep	Calais	Washington	2018	2026
7	Nicole Grohoski	Dem	Ellsworth	Hancock	2022↑	2030
8	Mike Tipping	Dem	Orono	Penobscot	2022	2030
9	Joe Baldacci	Dem	Bangor	Penobscot	2020	2028
10	Peter Lyford	Rep	Eddington	Penobscot	2022	2030
11	Chip Curry	Dem	Belfast	Waldo	2020	2028
12	Anne "Pinny" Beebe-Center	Dem	Rockland	Knox	2022	2030
13	Cameron Reny	Dem	Bristol	Lincoln	2022	2030
14	Craig Hickman	Dem	Winthrop	Kennebec	2021↑	2028
15	Matthew Pouliot	Rep	Augusta	Kennebec	2018	2026
16	David LaFountain	Dem	Winslow	Kennebec	2022	2030
17	Jeffrey Timberlake	Rep	Turner	Androscoggin	2018	2026
18	Richard A. Bennett	Rep	Oxford	Oxford	2020 (1996–2004)	2028
19	Lisa Keim	Rep	Dixfield	Oxford	2016	2024
20	Eric Brakey	Rep	Auburn	Androscoggin	2022 (2014–2018)	2030
21	Peggy Rotundo	Dem	Lewiston	Androscoggin	2022	2030
22	James D. Libby	Rep	Standish	Cumberland	2022	2030
23	Mattie Daughtry	Dem	Brunswick	Cumberland	2020	2028
24	Eloise Vitelli	Dem	Arrowsic	Sagadahoc	2016 (2013↑–2014)	2024
25	Teresa Pierce	Dem	Falmouth	Cumberland	2022	2030
26	Timothy Nangle	Dem	Windham	Cumberland	2022	2030
27	Jill Duson	Dem	Portland	Cumberland	2022	2030
28	Ben Chipman	Dem	Portland	Cumberland	2016	2024
29	Anne Carney	Dem	Cape Elizabeth	Cumberland	2020	2028
30	Stacy Brenner	Dem	Scarborough	Cumberland	2020	2028
31	Donna Bailey	Dem	Saco	York	2020	2028
32	Henry Ingwersen	Dem	Arundel	York	2022	2030
33	Matthew Harrington	Rep	Sanford	York	2022	2030
34	Joe Rafferty	Dem	Kennebunk	York	2020	2028
35	Mark Lawrence	Dem	Eliot	York	2018 (1992–2000)	2026

Past composition of the Senate

Notes

^ 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.
^ Includes a Sen.-elect who declined to take the oath of office.