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 132nd (2024–2026) Maine Senate

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
1RepCaribouAroostook20242032
2RepPresque IsleAroostook20202028
3RepNorridgewockSomerset20182026
4RepGlenburnPenobscot20182026
5RepWiltonFranklin20182026
6RepCalaisWashington20182026
7DemEllsworthHancock2022↑2030
8DemOronoPenobscot20222030
9DemBangorPenobscot20202028
10RepHampdenPenobscot20242032
11DemBelfastWaldo20202028
12DemRocklandKnox20222030
13DemBristolLincoln20222030
14DemWinthropKennebec2021↑2028
15RepVassalboroKennebec20242032
16RepAlbionKennebec2024 2032
17RepTurnerAndroscoggin20182026
18IndOxfordOxford2020 2028
19RepRumfordOxford20242032
20RepAuburnAndroscoggin20242032
21DemLewistonAndroscoggin20222030
22RepStandishCumberland2022 2030
23DemBrunswickCumberland20202028
24DemTopshamSagadahoc20242032
25DemFalmouthCumberland20222030
26DemWindhamCumberland20222030
27DemPortlandCumberland20222030
28DemPortlandCumberland20242032
29DemCape ElizabethCumberland20202028
30DemScarboroughCumberland20202028
31DemSacoYork20202028
32DemArundelYork20222030
33RepSanfordYork20222030
34DemKennebunkYork20202028
35DemEliotYork2018 2026

Past composition of the Senate

Notable former members