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Maine 3rd State Senate District
presidential margin
2008D+2.82012D+2.42016R+22.02020R+22.92024R+28.0
full record · 2008 → 2024
R+28.0
2024
median income$58,880U.S. $80,734 · ME $74,733
median age45.4U.S. 39.1 · ME 44.8
poverty rate12.8%U.S. 12.5% · ME 10.8%
bachelor’s+ (25+)29.4%U.S. 35.6% · ME 36.1%
non-english4.4%U.S. 22.3% · ME 6.1%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
English21.9%
Irish15.8%
French13.5%
Mexican0.4%
Puerto Rican0.3%
religion

Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Kennebec County.

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.

Maine 3rd State Senate District

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Maine 3rd State Senate DistrictTrumpR+28.0
2024
2024 presidential margin for Maine 3rd State Senate DistrictThe boundary of Maine 3rd State Senate District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (R+28.0), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Maine 3rd State Senate District · R+28.0
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican63.2%13,796
Kamala HarrisDemocratic35.2%7,694
Jill SteinGreen Independent1.6%341
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 3 counties it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (3 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Maine 3rd State Senate District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Kennebec County, MERepublicanR+2.7
Penobscot County, MERepublicanR+10.9
Somerset County, MERepublicanR+27.0
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
35.2%Harris7,694
63.2%Trump13,796
1.6%Stein341
−28.0%
21,831
R
37.3%Biden8,019
60.2%Trump12,950
2.5%Jorgensen539
−22.9%
21,508
R
35.1%Clinton7,139
57.1%Trump11,605
7.7%Johnson1,568
−22.0%
20,312
D
51.2%Obama1,506
48.8%Romney1,435
0.0%
+2.4%
2,941
D
50.4%Obama1,644
47.6%McCain1,552
1.9%Nader63
+2.8%
3,259
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: −28.0% in 2024.flipped R · 2016−28.0%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+2.8%
2012+2.4%
2016−22.0%
2020−22.9%
2024−28.0%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
RBrad FarrinState Senate · 3

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

Covering rural Washington and Hancock counties along the Downeast coast, this district backed the Republican presidential candidate by more than 26 points in 2024, reflecting the region's shift toward heavily Republican margins over the past decade.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 2.8 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 28.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.0 points.

A population of 39,736, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,880 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 17 and State Senate District 5.

Political twins — state-senate districts

The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

State Senate District 17
Maine
94.9twin score
12-yr trendFrench ancestry% White
State Senate District 5
Maine
94.3twin score
12-yr trendFrench ancestry% White
State Senate District 1
New Hampshire
91.1twin score
12-yr trendFrench ancestry% unaffiliated

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Places within Maine 3rd State Senate District

counties it covers2
Kennebec CountySomerset County

Frequently asked questions

How did Maine 3rd State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Maine 3rd State Senate District voted Republican by 28.0 points (R+28.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 21,831 votes cast, 7,694 went Democratic and 13,796 went Republican.
When did Maine 3rd State Senate District last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Maine 3rd State Senate District voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Maine 3rd State Senate District?
Maine 3rd State Senate District has a population of 39,736 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Maine 3rd State Senate District?
Median household income in Maine 3rd State Senate District is $58,880 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.
What is the political history of Maine 3rd State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Maine 3rd State Senate District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 3 went Republican.